Stratiotes aloides, Haren gr © Kees Boele. Stratiotes hibernates in submerged condition; this picture was shot after the hibernation.

mine

A number of short, rather broad corridors that enter the blade from the midrib. Pupation within the mine, mainly in the leaf base and the midrib. At the moment only adult flies can be separated from H. stratiotae.

host plants

narrowly polyphagous

Alisma plantago-aquatica; ? Lemna; Stratiotes aloides

phenology

Larvae in July (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Gosseries, 1991d).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to Switzerland, and from the UK to Poland and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

references

Beuk & Zatwarnicki (2002a), Gosseries (1991d), Hering (1930b, 1957a), Hollman-Schirrmacher & Zatwarnicki (1999a), Kahanpää & Zatwarnick (2015a), de Meijere (1939a), Robbins (1991a), Zatwarnicki (1988a).