Chromatomyia soldanellae (Starý, 1950)

on Soldanella

Soldanella alpina, Italy, Little St Bernard pass, 2200 m, 1.viii.2018 © Cor Zonneveld

mine

Mine upper-surface: a narrow corridor, continued into a blotch that in the end may occupy almost an entire leaf. Frass in the blotch in several coarse grains. Pupation now within, then outside the mine.

hostplants

Primulaceae, monophagous

Soldanella alpina, carpatica.

phenology

Larvae in May, June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Napomyza, Phytomyza soldanellae.

references

Beiger (1979b), Černý & Merz (2007a), Huber (1955a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Starý (1950a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).