The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

Cerodontha fasciata (Strobl, 1880)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phyllomyza fasciata Strobl, 1880. Progr. K.K. Obergymn. Benedictener Seitenstetten 14: 38
Dizygomyza plumbea Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 92
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Nowakowski, 1967. Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 643
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Spencer, 1971a. Ent. Gaz. 22: 153
Dizygomyza plumbea Hendel, 1931; Spencer, 1971a. Ent. Gaz. 22: 154. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Nowakowski, 1972. Polskie Pismo ent. 42(4): 760
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 100
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 220-2, figs 381-3.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) fasciata (Strobl, 1880); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 355, 371, 372 (figs 1400-1), 373.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown (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.

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).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Poaceae        
Poa chaixii Broad-leaved Meadow-grass   Bladmineerders van Europa
Poa chaixii Broad-leaved Meadow-grass   Spencer, 1990: 355
Poa chaixii Broad-leaved Meadow-grass   Scheirs, de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1995

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury) (Spencer, 1972b: 100).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria (Spencer, 1976: 222), Germany (Spencer, 1990: 373), Belgium (Bladmineerders van Europa ; Scheirs, de Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1995), Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and ? Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Poa chaixii

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



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