Phytomyza anemonantheae Spencer, 1969
on Anemeone
mine
Secondary blotch, with well visible primary and secondary feeding lines. The mine is rather shallow, at the end of a leaf segment.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, narrowly monophagous
Anemone sylvestris.
phenology
Larvae in July (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Found in southern Belgium in 2018 by Stéphane Claerebout.
distribution within Europe
Germany, Lithuania (Fauna Europaea, 2009), Belgium.
puparium
Brownish-black; rear spiraculum with 6-8 papillae in an ellipse.
notes
Hering (1957a) writes that pupation takes place outside the mine; Spencer (1969a) does not mention the subject, and Pakalniškis (1995a, 2004a) writes that pupation occurs within the mine.
references
Hering (1957a#358), Pakalniškis (1995a, 2004a), Spencer (1969a).