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Phytagromyza luteoscutellata de Meijere, 1924. Tijdschr. Ent. 67: 143
Phytagromyza Falléni Rydén, 1952. Opusc. ent. 17: 29. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 316]
Paraphytomyza luteoscutellata (de Meijere, 1924); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 316, fig. 571-3, fig. 573
Paraphytomyza luteoscutellata (de Meijere, 1924); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera): 238-240, fig. 897.
Aulagromyza luteoscutellata (de Meijere, 1924)

Leaf-mine: Mines similar to A. hendeliana but darker (British leafminers), filled centrally with dark-green frass (Spencer, 1976: 318).

Little widening, upper-surface corridor, generally unbranched and not associated with the leaf margin. Frass in a broad green band with scattered dark granules, sometimes locally with ill-defined strikes. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in upper epidermis (Bladmineerders van Europa).

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.

The yellow larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa and British leafminers.

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).

Posterior spiracles on short projections, each with an ellipse of 12 sligtly chitinised bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 31).The puparium is illustrated in British leafminers.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Caprifoliaceae
Leycesteria	formosa	Himalayan Honeysuckle		British leafminers
Lonicera	etrusca	Etruscan Honeysuckle		British leafminers
Lonicera	xylosteum	Fly Honeysuckle		Homan in Dipterists Digest
Symphoricarpos	albus	Snowberry		British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere:

Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera				Spencer, 1990: 238
Lonicera	involucrata	Californian Honeysuckle		Bladmineerders van Europa, as Lonicera ledebourii
Lonicera	periclymenum	Honeysuckle		Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera	tatarica	Tartarian Honeysuckle		Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera	xylosteum	Fly Honeysuckle		Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera	xylosteum	Fly Honeysuckle		British leafminers
Symphoricarpos				Spencer, 1990: 238
Symphoricarpos	albus	Snowberry		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: June.

Time of year- adults: July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Recorded as new to Britain from Hampshire (Fleet) (British leafminers - Newsletter 6) and subsequently recorded from Kent (Foxbush, Hildenborough and Tonbridge) (British leafminers - Newsletter 14); Cumberland, Leicestershire, Pembrokeshire, West Lancashire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Belgium (De Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.