Phytomyza albifrons Groschke, 1957
Diptera, Agromyzidae
mine
Long (> 7 cm) corridor. The start is lower-surface, epidermal and easily overlooked, the more so because it hardly contains any frass. The upper-surface part of the corridor is very slender. Frass in threads, often separated by frass-free segments. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in upper surface.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium.
phenology
Larvae in June-July and in September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Germany and Lithuania (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
notes
The species is decribed from southern Germany; it might turn up in gardens.
references
Groschke (1957a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Pakalniškis (1993a, 2004a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
4.vi.2008