detail: oviposition scar

mine

Large, brown, upper-surface blotch with conspicuous primary and secondary feeding lines. The feeding lines are the more apparent because the semiliquid frass adheres to them. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in the upper epidermis.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Aster amellus; Bellidiastrum michelii; Buphthalmum salicifolium; Solidago canadensis, gigantea, virgaurea.

phenology

Larvae in Jun-August and September-October (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Ellis: Torgny, Montauban).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1934a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach, Dudelange).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Belarus and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

synonyms

Dizygomyza posticata; Agromyza terminalis Coquillett, 1985; A. taeniola Coquillett, 1904; A. argenteolunulata Strobl, 1909.

notes

The beginning of the mine follows a very constant, and seemingly unique pattern. Oviposition is close to the leaf margin (there is well-visible oviposition scar). A little distance more towards the interior of the blade there are one or two small perforations. They remind of the “test punctures” of Antispila metallella.

references

Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Beuk (2002a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Dempewolf (2001a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Guglya (2021a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1923a, 1926b, 1936b, 1955b, 1957a, 1961a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1925a, 1934a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Niblett (1956a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1982b, 1998a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Robbins (1991), Sasakawa (1961a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Süss (1982a), Süss & Moreschi (2003a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1969a).