Agromyza phragmitidis Hendel, 1922

Phragmites australis, Ommen

Phragmites australis, kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn
mine
A number of eggs are deposited in a transverse row, not far from the leaf margin. The larvae that emerge start to make an individual corridor in the direction of the leaf tip. The corridors quickly widen and merge into one communal, upper-surface, mine. Frass powdery (the larvae are somewhat green-dusty). Pupation as a rule outside the mine
hostplants
Poaceae, monophagous
Phragmites australis.
phenology
Larvae in June and September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Scheirs & De Bruyn, 1992a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to France, and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007); Corsica (Buhr, 1941b).
larva
>puparium
notes
The commonest miner on Common Reed.
references
Beiger (1955a), Beuk (2002a), Bland (1994c), Buhr (1932a, 1941b), Černý & Merz (2006a), Černý & Vála (1996a, 1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Griffiths (1962a, 1963a), Hering (1955b), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), de Meijere (1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Nartshuk (2011a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1982a), Papp & Černý (2015a), Robbins (1991a), Sasakawa (1961a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & Verdyck (1993a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1995a, 1996a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Spencer (1972a, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a, 2000a), Zoerner (1970a).