Filipendula ulmaria, Belgium, prov. Namur, Viroinval, Nismes, RN Sous Saint-Roch © Stéphane Claerebout

Filipendula ulmaria, Amstelveen

mine

Corridor, gradually and considerably widening towards the end. Frass in two rows in the corridor part, further up dispersed irregularly. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Acaena novae-zelandiae; Agrimonia eupatoria; Alchemilla acutiloba, xanthochlora; Aremonia; Argentina anserina; Comarum palustre; Filipendula ulmaria, vulgaris; Fragaria x ananassa, moschata, vesca, virginiana, viridis; Geum aleppicum, rivale, urbanum; Potentilla alba, erecta, grandiflora, heptaphylla, indica, norvegica, pensylvanica, recta, reptans, tabernaemontani; Rosa canina, micrantha, rugosa; Rubus caesius, fruticosus, idaeus, odoratus, pedunculosus, saxatilis, spectabilis; Sanguisorba minor & subsp. balearica, officinalis.

A minor pest on strawberry (Hering, 1957a), blackberry and raspberry (Darvas, Skuhravá & Andersen, 2000a; Spencer. 1973b). Not on Spiraea (Hering, 1957a).

phenology

Mines from end June, in two generations (Griffiths, 1962a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a; Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a, als A. spiraeae).

LUX recorded (Ellis).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, and from Ireland to Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

puparium

Yellowish brown.

synonyms

Agromyza potentillae Kaltenbach, 1864; A. spiraeae Kaltenbach, 1867; A. sanguisorbae Hendel, 1931; A. stackelbergi (Frey, 1946); A. erici Rydén, 1952.

notes

The synonymy of A. ideaiana with A. potentillae has been discovered rather recently. In allmost all literature the latter name is used.

references

Ahr (1966a), Amsel & Hering (1933a), Andersen (2016a), Andersen & Jonassen (1994a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a, 1989a), Beri (1971c), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý (2001a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Civelek, Tonguc, Ozgul & Dursun (2007a), Csóka (2003a), Drăghia (1971a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Griffiths (1962a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1924a,b, 1925a, 1926b, 1954a, 1957a, 1967a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Lhomme (1934d), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Papp & Černý (2015a), Pârvu (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), Robbins (1991a), Rydén (1926a, 1956a), Sasakawa (1961a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Seidel (1957a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starke, 1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).