Galiomyza galiivora (Spencer, 1969)

Galium sylvaticum, Amstelveen, JP Thijssepark

Galium mollugo © M Dempewolf
mine
Long, upper-surface, gradually widening corridor, not infrequently forming a secondary blotch. The first part of the corridor mostly follows the leaf margin. Frass in irregular grains. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Rubiaceae, ologophagous
Galium aparine, mollugo, odoratum, rubioides, sylvaticum.
phenology
Larvae found in August.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a).
NE recorded (Ellis: Amstelveen).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
From Lithuania to Germany and Hungary; also Corsica (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
synonyms
Praspedomyza, Liriomyza galiivora.
notes
The species was described after material from Canada and Corsica; is occurrence in Europe may he be result of an accidental introduction (Dempewolf, in litt. 2002).
references
Černý (2001a, 2011a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Dempewolf (2001a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Spencer (1969b), Spencer & Steyskal (1986a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), Winqvist, Černý & Andersen (2020a).