Euphorbia esula, Afferden (ge), Afferdensche en Deestsche Waarden © Wouter Bosgra

Euphorbia amygdaloides, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Dailly, RN du tienne du Bî, 14.v.2020 © Stéphane Claerebout; identification “cf”

same mine, lighted from behind

the larva left de mine

ecxit slit

mine

Upper-surface broad corridor or blotch (depending on the width of the leaf), preceded by a corridor (in the end often only recognisable in the frass pattern). Frass in green thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine. Surrounding leaf tissue sometimes intensely reddened.

host plants

Euphorbiaceae, monophagous

Euphorbia ? amygdaloides, cyparissias, esula, myrsinites.

phenology

Larvae from May to October (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2016)

NE recorded (Wouter Bosgra, 2016)

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2016)

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to Thrace (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Turkey (Civelek, Deeming & Önder, 2000a).

larva

synonyms

Liriomyza cyparissiae Groschke, 1955; L. esulae Hendel, 1931; Phytomyza tiefii Strobl, 1901.

references

Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a, 1980a), Buhr (1941b, 1964a), Černý (2007a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1996a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Civelek, Deeming & Önder (2000a), Groschke (1955b), Hering (1955a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Spencer (1961a, 1966a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1969a)