Amauromyza carlinae (Hering, 1944)

mine

At first a short corridor, generally near the leaf margin. This is continued, and often overrun, by an upper-surface, flat, very shallow blotch. Frass in not very numerous coarse grains scattered in the mine. Pupation external.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Carlina vulgaris; Echinops sphaerocephalus.

p>Papp & Černý noemen ook Cirsium; this needs conformation.

phenology

Larvae in July and September-October (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

Germany, Poland, Slovakia, France, Spain (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

pupa

Dark blackish brown.

synonyms

Phytobia carlinae.

references

Černý (2011a), Guglya (2021a), Hering (1944c, 1957a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Spencer (1971a,b), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).