upper view

mine

A hardly widening corridor from begin to end, yellow green in colour. The start is lower-surface, bur after some time the mine becomes upper-surface. Part of the frass in thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in upper epidermis.

hostplants

Salix aurita, caprea, myrsinifolia.

Sallows only (Robbins, 1991a)

phenology

Larvae in August (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to Italy, and from the UK to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria.

synonyms

Phytomyza, Paraphytomyza, Phytagromyza fulvicornis; Phytagromyza langei Hering, 1937.

notes

According to Hering a rare species.

references

Bland (1994c), Buhr (1941b), Csóka (2003a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Pakalniškis (1993a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Spencer (1972a, 1976a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

29/03/2017