Leaf-miner: Mine
without spiral or tightly wound loops. Mine shallow, dorsal or ventral,
greenish in transmitted light (only in small leaves sometimes full
depth, but then the frass, when corridor-like, always in separate
grains). One or more egg shells at the beginning of the mine on
the ventral surface of the leaf.
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).
Comments:
Ackland in Chandler (1978)
did not indicate whether his host records were British or Foreign
and are therefore included under 'Hosts in Britain' and 'Hosts elsewhere
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Polygonaceae |
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Rumex |
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Hering,
1957 |
?
Rumex
|
acetosa
|
Common
Sorrel |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228 |
Rumex |
acetosa |
Common
Sorrel |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Rumex |
obtusifolius
|
Broad-leaved
Dock |
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Robbins,
1991: 34 |
Myosoton |
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Robbins,
1991: 34 |
?
Silene |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Silene |
dioica
|
Red
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
|
Silene |
dioica
|
Red
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Mines in BMNH |
Silene |
dioica
|
Red
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Robbins,
1991: 34 |
Silene |
vulgaris |
Bladder
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Mike Ackland, pers. comm. |
?
Stellaria |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Stellaria |
holostea
|
Greater
Stitchwort |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
British
leafminers |
Stellaria |
holostea
|
Greater
Stitchwort |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Robbins,
1991: 34 |
Stellaria |
media
|
Common
Chickweed |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
British
leafminers |
Stellaria |
media
|
Common
Chickweed |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Robbins,
1991: 34 |
Hosts
elsewhere:
Caryophyllaceae |
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? Cerastium |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Cerastium |
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Hering,
1957 |
Cerastium |
triviale |
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Bladmineerders van Europa |
? Lychnis |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Lychnis |
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|
Hering,
1957 |
Lychnis |
coronaria |
Rose
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Lychnis |
flos-cuculi |
Ragged-Robin |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Moehringia |
trinervia |
Three-nerved
Sandwort |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Myosoton |
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Hering,
1957 |
Myosoton |
aquaticum |
Water
Chickweed |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa, as Stellaria aquatica |
? Silene |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Silene |
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Hering,
1957 |
Silene |
alba |
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Bladmineerders van Europa |
Silene |
dioica |
Red
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Silene |
italica |
Italian
Catchfly |
|
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Silene |
noctiflora |
Night-flowering
Catchfly |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Silene |
vulgaris |
Bladder
Campion |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
? Stellaria |
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Ackland
in Chandler, 1978: 228,
as albimargo |
Stellaria |
|
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|
Hering,
1957 |
Stellaria |
holostea |
Greater
Stitchwort |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Stellaria |
media |
Common
Chickweed |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Stellaria |
nemorum |
Wood
Stitchwort |
![Images of host in British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.](../Images/camera_icon.jpg) |
Bladmineerders van Europa |
Stellaria |
sessiliflora |
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Bladmineerders van Europa |
Time
of year - mines: June.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread including Warwickshire (Coventry)
(Robbins, 1991: 34); Anglesey, Berkshire, Byckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, East Kent, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Main Argyll, North Hampshire, Oxfordshire,
Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Lancashire, Surrey, West Cornwall and West Suffolk
(NBN
Atlas). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe (Hering,
1957) including The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (Gosseries
and Ackland, 1991), Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian
mainland, Lithuania, Malta, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania,
Russia - North and Northwest, Spanish mainland and Sweden (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea).
Also
recorded in Japan and Korea, North Africa and Nearctic Region (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species:
Cerastium
fontanum, Lychnis
coronaria, Lychnis
flos-cuculi (= Silene
flos-cuculi), Moehringia
trinervia, Silene
dioica, Silene
italica, Silene
noctiflora, Silene
vulgaris, Stellaria
holostea, Stellaria
media, Stellaria
nemorum |
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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