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Leaf-miner: Mine linear and winding in upper surface. Pupation in the mine (Spencer, 1972b: 88).

Upper-surface corridor, loops closely together. Frass in thread fragments or pearl string, seemingly lying in a central line. Pupation within the mine (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 larva is described by de Meijere (1937).

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).

White, grey or shining black (Spencer, 1972b: 88).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Dipsacaceae
Scabiosa	columbaria	Small Scabious		Spencer, 1972b: 116

Hosts elsewhere:

Dipsacaceae
Scabiosa				Spencer, 1990: 244
Scabiosa	columbaria	Small Scabious		Bladmineerders van Europa
Scabiosa	ochroleuca			Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: September (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Local. Surrey (Chipstead) (Spencer, 1972b: 88).

Distribution elsewhere: Northern Germany (Spencer, 1954), Poland and Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: