Phytoliriomyza melampyga (Loew, 1869)

Impatiens parviflora, Ommen

Impatiens noli-tangere, Duitsland (Baden-Württemberg), Baden-Weiler
Impatiens glandulifera, Duitsland (Baden-Württemberg), Baden-Weiler
mine
Long untidy corridor that irregularly widens and narrows. Frass in lumps, strings or thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Balsaminaceae. monophagous
Impatiens capensis, glandulifera, noli-tangere, parviflora, scabrida.
Very common, especially on the two neophytes I. glandulifera and parviflora.
phenology
Mines found from June-September.
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach, Hobscheid).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to the Pyrenees and Slovakia, and from Ireland to Poland; also Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
synonyms
Agromyza impatientis Brischke, 1880; A. flaviventris Johnson, 1902.
references
Beiger (1960a, 1965a), Beri (1971d), Beuk (2002a), Bland (2001a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý (2001a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý & Vála (1996a, 1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Csóka (2003a), Dempewolf (2001a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), McCulloch (2019a), de Meijere (1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1982b), Papp & Černý (2018a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), Robbins (1991a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), Zoerner (1969a).