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Phytagromyza buhri de Meijere, 1938b. Ent. Ber. Amst. 10: 83
Paraphytomyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938b); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 64
Dizygomyzaapproximatonervis Frey, 1946. Notul. ent. 26: 46
Phytagromyzaapproximatonervis Frey, 1946; Nowakowski, 1967. Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 553
Phytagromyza incognita Hering, 1956. Abh. Ber. Naturk. Mus.-Forsch Gorlitz. 35: 120
Phytagromyza simplonensis Spencer, 1957g. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 93: 36
Paraphytomyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938b); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 311, figs 558-561
Paraphytomyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938b); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 234 (fig. 885), 235, 236
Aulagromyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938)>

Stem-miner:A narrow, whitish external stem mine. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 312).

Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Reddish brown; posterior spiracles each have 3 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 312).

Comments: Galium mollugo is treated as Galium album (Hedge Bedstraw) by Stace (2010).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Rubiaceae
Galium				Robbins, 1989: 23
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Mines in BMNH
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Robbins, 1991: 105
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Spencer, 1972b: 119

Hosts elsewhere:

Rubiaceae
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Spencer, 1976: 311
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Spencer, 1990: 235
Asperula				Spencer, 1990: 235

Time of year - mines: July.

Time of year - adults: May-June.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Kent (Wrotham), Surrey (Betchworth), Cornwall (Lizard), Suffolk (Newmarket) (Spencer, 1972b: 119) and Warwickshire (Combrook) (Robbins, 1991: 105); Carmarthenshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in much of Europe including Finland (Spencer, 1976: 311), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 562), Belarus, Estonia, European Turkey, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: