detail

Hordeum murinum, Diemen: front spiracula penetrate the epidermis

mine

Whitish, upper-surface, rather narrow corridor with comparatively large frass grains that are laying further apart than their diameter. Pupation within the mine. The front spiracula of the orange-brown puparium penetrate the epidermis.

hostplants

Poaceae, widely oligophagous

Agrostis capillaris; Aira; Alopecurus myosuroides, pratensis; Ammophila arenaria; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Apera spica-venti; Arrhenatherum elatius; Avena sativa; Avenula; Brachypodium sylvaticum; Briza media; Bromopsis ramosa; Calamagrostis canescens; Cynosurus cristatus; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia; Drymochloa sylvatica; Eleusine; Elymus; Festuca ovina, rubra; Gaudinia; Glyceria fluitans, maxima, notata; Hierochloe; Holcus lanatus, mollis; Hordeum vulgare; Lagurus ovatus; Lolium perenne; Milium effusum; Molinia caerulea; Ochlopoa annua; Parapholis; Phalaroides arundinacea; Phleum pratense; Poa trivialis; Secale cereale; Sesleria caerulea; Setaria; Trisetum; Triticum aestivum.

Main genera are Arrhenatherumn, Festuca, Holcus, Milium and Poa (Griffiths, 1962a). To some degree a pest on cereals and grasses (Darvas, Skuhravá & Andersen, 2000a).

phenology

Larvae in May-October (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

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

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach, Dudelange).

distribution within Europe

From Iceland and Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Serbia, and from Ireland to Belarus and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

puparium

synonyms

Phytomyza nigra; Chromatomyia cinereofrons Hardy, 1849.

references

Ahr (1966a), Andersen (2013a), Andersen & Jonassen (1994a), Beiger (1955a, 1965a, 1989a), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a), Černý (2007a, 2011a), Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Černý & Merz (2006a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Civelek, Tonguc, Ozgul & Dursun (2007a), Darvas & Papp (1985a), Darvas, Skuhravá & Andersen (2000a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Griffiths (1962a, 1964a, 1980a), Hering (1925a, 1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1924a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a), Pakalniškis (1986a, 1990a, 1998a), Robbins (1991a), Sasakawa (1961a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1995a, 1996a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & Verdyck (1993a), Skala (1936a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spadic (1991a), Spencer (1953a, 1965a, 1972a, 1973b, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1982a, 1999a), Zoerner (1970a), Vála & Rohacek (1983a).