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).