Lonicera periclymenum, Castricum

Lonicera rupicola var. syringantha, N Scotland, Strathpeffer © Murdo Macdonald

same mine, lighted from behind

mine

An upper-surface corridor that widens only a little, and generally is unbranched. Often a part of the corridor loosely follows the leaf margin. Frass in two neat rows of grains or short thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine. Feeding punctures in the lower surface (always?)

host plants

Caprifoliaceae, oligophagous

Lonicera alpigena, caerulea, caprifolium, nigra, periclymenum, rupicola, tatarica, xylosteum; Symphoricarpos albus.

phenology

Larvae have been found in May – mid June; a very common species.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Ellis, 2000: Leisele).

NE recorded (Hering, 1929b; de Meijere, 1939a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia tot the Iberian Peninsula, and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

puparium

synonyms

Paraphytomyza, Phytomyza hendeliana.

notes

The mine can be distinguished from that of the related A. cornigera with certainty only after the larve (or the pupa, in the rare cases that it gets stuck to the leaf). Yet, the corridor of hendeliana tends to be much narrower, and occurs later.

references

Buhr (1932a, 1964a), Černý (2007a) Andorra, Černý & Merz (2007a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), Michalska (2003a), Niblett (1956a), Nowakowski (1954a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Robbins (1991a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1954d, 1957f, 1972a, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), Zoerner (1969a).