Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Liriomyza congesta

Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903)

Liriomyza congesta: mines on Vicia sepium

Vicia sepium, Susteren

Liriomyza congesta: vacated mine on Vicia  hirsuta

Vicia hirsuta, Diemer bos

Liriomyza congesta: mine on Colutea arborescens

Colutea arborescens, Belgium, prov. Haiaut, Tournai, RN de la Carrière de l’Orient © Stéphane Claerout

Liriomyza congesta: vacated mine on Trifolium repens

Trifolium repens, Flevoland, Reve-Abbertbos © Hans Jonkman

Liriomyza congesta: young mines in senescent leaves of Trifolium pratense

Trifolium pratense, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman: young mines in senescent leaves

Liriomyza congesta: vacated mine on Trifolium pratense

a mine like this can easily be mistaken for one by Agromyza nana

mine

Upper-surface, unbranched corridor, relatively broad from the start on, but only weakly widening subsequently. The fresh mine is bright green, but turns whitish, later brown, quickly. Frass in a wide green band in the centre of the corridor, with small black granules at either side. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Fabaceae, broadly oligophagous

Anthyllis vulneraria; Astragalus cicer, danicus, glycyphyllos; Caragana arborescens; Cicer arietinum; Colutea arborescens; Galega officinalis; Glycine max; Glycyrrhiza; Hippocrepis comosa, emerus & subsp. emeroides; Hymenocarpos circinnatus; Lathyrus angulatus, aphaca, japonicus subsp. maritimus, linifolius, niger, odoratus, pisiformis, pratensis, sylvestris, tingitanus, tuberosus; Lens culinaris; Lotus corniculatus, ornithopodioides, pedunculatus; Lupinus angustifolius subsp. reticulatus, elegans, luteus, succulentus; Medicago arabica, falcata, intertexta, lupulina, minima, sativa, truncatula, x varia; Melilotus albus, officinalis; Onobrychis viciifolia; Ononis; Ornithopus; Oxytropis; Phaseolus coccineus, vulgaris; Pisum sativum; Robinia pseudoacacia; Scorpiurus; Securigera securidacaca, varia; Trifolium arvense, aureum, campestre, dubium, fragiferum, hybridum, incarnatum, montanum, pratense, repens, stellatum; Trigonella; Vicia angustifolia, cracca, faba, grandiflora, hirsuta, sativa & subsp. nigra, sepium, sylvatica.

In southern Europe a pest on broad beans (Dempewolf, 2004a).

Rob Edmunds reared the species from Trifolium ochroleucon.

Cited by Gil Ortiz (2009a) also from Euphorbia; xenophagy?

phenology

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

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a, 1939a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach, Dudelange, Flaxweiler).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

puparium

synonyms

Liriomyza trifolii auctorum; L. leguminosarum de Meijere, 1924; L. pusio: de Meijere, 1924a; L. minima Hendel, 1931; L. parva Hendel, 1931; L. centaureana Hering, 1936; L. nigripleura Rydén, 1956; L. taraia Garg, 1971.

parasitoids, predators

Chrysocharis orbicularis; Diglyphus minoeus; Zagrammosoma talitzkii.

notes

For a long time, L. trifolii (Burgess, 1880) was considered the correct name for this species. Now it is know that trifolii is a different species, native of the New World. However, since 1980 this real, American, L. trifolii has become an introduced pest in the Netherlands in greenhouses, particularly in chrysanthemum cultivation (d’Aguilar & Martinez, 1979a; Dempewolf, 2004a; Minkenberg & van Lenteren, 1986a).

references

Ahr (1966a), Amsel & Hering (1933a), Andersen (2016a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a, 1989a), Benavent, Martínez, Moreno & Jiménez (2004a), Beuk (2002a), Bland (1994c), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1930a, 1932a, 1941b, 1953a, 1964a), Černý (2001a, 2004a, 2007a, 2011a, 2013a), Černý, Andrade, Gonçalves & von Tschirnhaus (2018a), Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Černý, Barták & Vaněk (2009a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2006a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a, 2006a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Çikman, Beyarslan & Civelek (2006a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Csóka (2003a), Darvas, Skuhravá & Andersen (2000a), Dempewolf (2004a), Drăghia (1970a, 1974a), Gil Ortiz (2009a), Griffiths (1962a, 1963b), Guglya (2021a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1927a, 1930b,d, 1931-32f, 1932g 1936b,c, 1955b, 1957a, 1962a, 1967a), Huber (1969a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), Masetti, Lanzoni, Burgio & Süss (2004a), de Meijere (1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1976a, 2003a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1990a, 1998a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Parmenter (1949a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), Robbins (1991a), Rydén (1956a), Sasakawa (1961a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1995a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1961a, 1953a, 1972a,b, 1973b, 1974a, 1976a,b), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Süss (1979a, 1982a), Süss & Moreschi (2003a), Surányi (1942a), Vála & Rohacek (1983a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), Utech (1962a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).

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