same mine, detail

mine

Long to very long, upper-surface corridor. Often the corridor over long distances closely follows the main vein (it never is positioned on top of the vein!), making a hairpin turn not far from the leaf tip. Frass in discrete, regularly and closely placed granules. Not unfrequently several mines co-occur in a badly damaged leaf. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Jacobaea paludosa, subalpina; Senecio nemorensis, ovatus, sarracenicus.

Records from other Senecio species (alpinus, doronicum, erucifolius, jacobaea, vulgaris) are probably erroneous.

phenology

Larvae from May till September.

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1926a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach, Clervaux).

distribution within Europe

From Denmark to Austria, and from Belgium to Poland; also Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

puparium

synonyms

Phytomyza lappae: de Meijere, 1926.

notes

Usually quite common wherever the host plant occurs, also in parks.

references

Beiger (1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1978a, 1979a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1941b, 1964a), Černý, Barták & Vaněk (2009a), Černý & Vála (1996a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Csóka (2003a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Griffiths (1972b), Guglya (2025a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1926a, 1928a, 1939a), Seidel (1957a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1969a).