Phytomyza sii Hering, 1930

Phytomyza sii: vacated mine on Berula erecta

Berula erecta, Denmark, Slagelse © Henrik Stenholt

detail

mine lighted from behind

mine

Upper-surface corridor, starting as a very fine line in the centre of a leaf segment, gradually strongly widening. Frass in closely put grains. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit usually in the upper epidermis.

host plants

Apiaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Berula erecta; Sium latifolium.

phenology

Larvae in June-July and August-September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

NE recorded (Hering, 1959a, Meijendel).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden to Germany, and from the Netherlands to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

de Meijere (1934a, 1937a).

Phytomyza sii: post. spiraculum

posterior spiraculum (from Nowakowski, 1962b)

synonyms

Phytomyza berulae Hering, 1930.

references

Beuk (2002a), Buhr (1932a, 1964a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Hering (1930a,b, 1957a, 1959a), de Meijere (1934a, 1937a), Michalska (1970a, 1976a), Nowakowski (1962b), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1976a), Stammer (2016a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).