Liriomyza obliqua Hendel, 1931-6
on Picris
mine
A very short, initially linear mine, later producing a wide blotch, which
quickly turns brownish to dark brown, well visible on the upper surface of the leaf. Pupation external.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Picris hieracioides.
distribution within Europe
England, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania.
puparium
Brownish; the posterior spiracles are conical, adjoined basally, each having an ellipse of 9 minute papillae and the 10th being slightly elongate, finger-like and protuberant downward.
references
Černý & Merz (2007a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2005a), Pakalniškis (1998a), Papp (2009a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Spencer (1971b), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Warrington & von Tschirnhaus (2018a).