Viola reichenbachiana, Belgium, prov. Namur, Agimont; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Viola cf. riviniana, Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Baden-weiler

mine

Large, conspicuous, upper-surface, whitish blotch, preceded by a short, in the end generally overrun, corridor. Most frass in fine grains; part of it lies in a broad band in the mine, that ends near the point where the larva has left the mine for pupation. Exit slit in upper epidermis. Frequently several larvae in a common mine.

hostplants

Violaceae, monophagous

Viola ambigua, biflora, mirabilis, reichenbachiana, riviniana, tricolor.

phenology

Larvae in July-August (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (JY Baugnée, 2011).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, and from Ireland to Austria (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Turkey (Hepdurgun a.o. (2007a).

larva

synonyms

Liriomyza, Metopomyza violiphaga.

notes

Also Beri (1971d) describes a larva; however, the larva is from Origanum vulgare, and his identification therefore in all probability incorrect.

references

Beiger (1955a), Beri (1971d), Černý & Merz (2007a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Csóka (2003a), Griffiths (1963b), Hartig (1939a), Hepdurgun, Civelek, Turanli & Dursun (2007a), Hering (1955b, 1957a,b), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1937a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Robbins (1991a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1954a, 1972a, 1976a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).