Amauromyza elaeagni (Rohdendorf-Holmanová, 1959)
on Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus angustifolia, Russia, Mid Volga region, 140 km S Ulyanovsk, steppe, ix.2018 © Vadim V. Zolotuhin
mines
Elaeagnus angustifolia, Russia, Mid Volga region, Ulyanovsk, city park, 2.x.2019 © Vadim V. Zolotuhin: mine
another example
here the initial gallery is well preserved
mine
Narrow upper-surface corridor, followed, and often overrun, by a blotch. Frass in the gallery section in short thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Elaeagnaceae, monophagous
Elaeagnus angustifolia.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2010); recorded by Kollár & Hrubík (2009a) from Slovakia.
notes
The only European agromyzid on the family Elaeagnaceae (Griffiths, 1976b). Because of the popularity of Elaeagnus species in parks and gardens a species worth looking for.
references
Černý & Merz (2006a), Drăghia (1967a, 1968a, 1972a, 1974a), Griffiths (1976b), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), Ureche (2010a).