Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Schor van Ouden Doel © Kris Peeter

mine

Large, whitish, upper-surface blotch, preceded by a short corridor that often is overrun later by the developing blotch. The larva hardly produces any frass; the few grains that are present are black and rather coarse (Hering, 1960a). But when the larva is about to pupate, it empties its intestine, which has the effect that the puparium is anchored in the mine by dried frass (von Tschirnhaus, 1981a).

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Bellidiastrum michelii; Bellis annua, perennis, sylvestris; Bellium bellidioides; Callistephus chinensis; Erigeron acris, canadensis, speciosus, sumatrensis; Haplopappus; Heterotheca; Hysterionica; Madia; Helianthus; Symphyotrichum salignum; Tithonia; Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium (Aster tripolium); Zinnia.

Also in garden Asters.

phenology

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

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a, 1939a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and the Balkan, and from the UK to Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Turkey (Civelek, Deeming & Önder, 2000a).

larva

Described by de Meijere (1925a), Sasakawa (1961a), and Beri (1971f).

puparium

synonyms

Dizygomyza bellidis (Kaltenbach, 1858); Agromyza atripes Brischke, 1880 [nec Zetterstedt, 1880].

parasitoids, predators

Cirrospilus vittatus; Diglyphus isaea.

references

Beiger (1958a, 1979a), Benavent, Martínez, Moreno & Jiménez (2004a), Beri (1971a), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý (2004a, 2011a), Černý & Merz (2006a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (2006a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Civelek, Deeming & Önder (2000a), Drăghia (1968a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gil Ortiz (2009a), Hering (1928a, 1955b, 1957a, 1960a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), van Klink (2014a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Masetti, Lanzoni, Burgio & Süss (2004a), de Meijere 1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Parmenter (1949a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), Robbins (1991a), Sasakawa (1961a), Skala (1036a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1954a, 1957f, 1972a, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Süss (1992a), von Tschirnhaus (1981a. 1982a, 1999a), Utech (1962a).