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)