Chromatomyia centaurii Spencer, 1990

Centaurium erythraea, Amstelveen, JP Thijssepark

larva in the mine

Centaurium erythraea, Belgium, prov Namur, Mornimont © Jean-Yves Baugnée
mine
Mine initially a corridor, turning later into an irregular blotch, often in the base of the leaf. Robbins (1991a) adds that the initial corridor often is in the rind of the stem for a larger or shorter part. Pupation in the mine.
host plants
Gentianaceae, monophagous
Centaurium erythraea.
phenology
Mines found in July (Spencer, 1990a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
NE recorded (Ellis: Amstelveen).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Ireland, UK, Germany, Lithuania (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
puparium
references
Beiger (2005a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Papp & Černý (2020a), Robbins (1991a), Spencer (1990a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).