Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Amauromyza karli

Amauromyza karli (Hendel, 1927)

Diptera, Agromyzidae

mine

Only well over 80 years after its description Gil-Ortiz, Falcó-Garí, Oltra-Moscardó, Martinez, Moreno-Marí & Jiménez-Peydró (2009a) succeeded in associating this species with a hostplant. Unfortunately the mine (if at all there is a mine) remains undescribed.

hostplants

Amranthaceae, monophagous (?)

Chenopodium vulvaria.

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to Spain, the Alps, and Romania (Černý & Merz, 2006a; Gil-Ortiz ao, 2009a; Fauna Europaea, 2010).

references

Boucher (2012a), Černý (2011a), Černý & Merz (2006a), Gil Ortiz (2009a), Gil-Ortiz, Falcó-Garí, Oltra-Moscardó, Martinez, Moreno-Marí & Jiménez-Peydró (2009a), Martinez (1984a), Spencer (1971a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

22/01/2017

Last modified 28.vi.2017