Ophiomyia delphinii Hendel, 1928
mine
Upper-surface, but relatively deep, corridor. The corridor generally begins in the tip of a leaf segment (but never at the very margin), descends towards the centre of the leaf, then either switches to another leaf segment, or returns towards the tip of the first segment, all the while broadening considerably. In deeper stretches of the mine primary feeding lines are well visible. In the latest, broad, part of the corridor the frass is deposited as coarse, widely scattered lumps. Pupation within the leaf, just below the epidermis.
host plants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Staphisagria macrosperma.
phenology
Larvae in May (Hering, 1967a).
distribution within Europe
Dalmatia, Turkey (Černý & Merz 2007a; Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Mandibles two-teethed, alternating. Anterior spiracula fist-shaped, with 7-8 papillae; posterior spiraculum with 8 papillae arranged in a horse shoe (Hering, 1967a).
puparium
Reddish brown.
references
Černý & Merz (2007a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Hering (1957a, 1967a), Papp & Černý (2015a), Spencer (1964a).