Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Calycomyza solidaginis

Calycomyza solidaginis (Kaltenbach, 1869)

mine

Upper-surface primary blotch without clear primary or secondary feeding lines. The mine starts with a short corridor that generally is overrun by the later blotch. Colour yellowish-green to whitish. Rather little frass, fine-grained, brown (Hering, 1960a). The larva pupates in the mine, producing just before a large quantity of frass that dries and glues the puparium in the mine.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Erigeron acris; Solidago gigantea, virgaurea.

phenology

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

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

NE recorded (Ellis, Sept. 2005, Amstelveen).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From the Baltic States to Switzerland, and from Germany to Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

synonyms

Dizygomyza, Phytobia solidaginis.

references

Beiger (1955a, 1965a, 1979a), Buhr (1941b, 1964a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1924a, 1925a, 1926b, 1957a, 1960a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1998a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Rydén (1926a), Seidel (1957a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

Last modified 21.ix.2018