Liriomyza artemisicola de Meijere, 1924

Artemisia vulgaris, Belgium, prov. Liège, Angleur © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Artemisia vulgaris, Amsterdam; the bulge below left is the larva that has gpne lower-surface.
mine
Upper-surface short and broad corridor, or more often a secondary blotch, normally restricted to the tip of one leaf segment. Frass in strings. The yellow larva leaves the mine before pupation. Feeding punctures lower-surface.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Artemisia absinthium, campestris subsp. borealis, taurica, umbelliformis, vulgaris.
phenology
Larvae in several generations between May and September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Clervaux, Kautenbach, Dudelange).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to the Pyrenees and Corsica, and from Ireland to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007; also Bulgaria (Buhr, 1941b) and Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).
larva
synonyms
Liriomyza analis (Rondani, 1875), L. brunneicornis Hering, 1936.
notes
Described by the Meijere (1924a) from Amsterdam; very common species.
Also Beri (1971d) published a description of the larva, however from an improbable host plant, viz., Myristica wallichii (Myristicaceae).
references
Ahr (1966a), Andersen (2016a), Beiger (1955a, 1970a, 1979a), Beri (1971d), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941a,b, 1964a), Černý (2007a, 2011a), Černý, Andrade, Gonçalves & von Tschirnhaus (2018a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Hering (1930b, 1932g, 1936c, 1955b, 1957a, 1967a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1924a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1982b), Papp & Černý (2018a), Parmenter (1949a), Robbin (1991a). Sasakawa (1994a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1972a, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a)