Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Liriomyza aterrima

Liriomyza aterrima Pakalniškis, 1998

on Polemonium

Liriomyza aterrima: mines on Polemonium caeruelum

mines (from Pakalniškis, 1989b)

mine

White, upper-surface corridor that crisscrosses the leaf without association with leaf margin or midrib, and eventually widens into an elongated blotch. Pupation outside the mine.

hostplants

Polemonium caeruleum.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux contries (Fauna Europaea, 2007). However, the hostplant is a popular garden ornamental.

distribution within Europe

Lithuania (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

references

Pakalniškis (1998b).

Last modified 9.iii.2018