Liriomyza urophorina Mik, 1894

mine

The larvae live comunally in the closed flower buds, feeding on the anthers; sometimes a larva strays into a perianth leaf and makes then a gallery- or blotch-like mine.

hostplants

Liliaceae, monophagous

Lilium candidum, martagon.

phenology

Larvae in May-June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2012).

distribution within Europe

From Lithuania to the Pyrenees, and from France to Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2012).

larva

The description by Beri (1971d) has nothing to do with this species.

references

Beiger (1989a), Beri (1971d), Buhr (1955a, 1964a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hering (957a), Houard (1908a), Huber (1969a), Pakalniškis (1998a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Spencer (1976a), Starý (1930a), Süss (1982a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).