Melanagromyza limata Spencer, 1971
on Heracleum
parasite
The larva lives as an internal borer in the stem; there also the pupation.
hostplants
Apiaceae, monophagous
Heracleum platytaenium, sphondylium.
distribution within Europe
puparium
Brownish yellow. Posterior spiracula yellow at the base, otherwise dark brown, separated, each with an ellipse of nine or ten papillae around a short central horn.
posterior spiraculum (from Koçak & Sasakawa)
references
Koçak & Sasakawa (2010a), Pakalniškis (1992a, 1999a), Spencer (1971a, 1972a, 1990a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1996a, 1999a), Warrington (2019d).