Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Liriomyza umbilici

Liriomyza umbilici Hering, 1927

mine

Long, shallow, narrow corridor. Frass in pearl strings. Pupation outside the mine; the puparium often sticks to the leaf underside.

host plants

Crassulaceae, monophagous

Umbilicus rupestris.

phenology

Larvae in March (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Canary Islands, Azores, Portugal, Slovenia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Liriomyza subartemisicola Frey, 1945.

references

Černý, Andrade, Gonçalves & von Tschirnhaus (2018a), Hering (1927a, 1957a), Spencer (1957g, 1961a, 1965a).

Last modified 15.xii.2018