Phytomyza buhriana Hering, 1949

Ranunculus repens, Germany (Eifel), Adenau

mine
Brosd corridor; the loops are close together, creating se secondary blotch with islands of green, unmined, tissue. Walls very irregular. Both primary and secondary feeding lines recognisable. Frass in scattered grains, nowhere thread fragments or strings. Pupation outside the mine.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Ranunculus acris, repens, sceleratus.
phenology
Larvae in September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Mortelmans ao, 2013a).
NE recorded (Ellis: several localities).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
Germany, Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also the Netherlands and Luxemburg.
larva
puparium
synonyms
Napomyza buhriana.
notes
The description of buhriana by Hering (1949a, 1957a) gives no details about larva or puparium. However, the mine is quite characteristic.
references
Hering (1949a, 1957a), Mortelmans, Dekeukeleire & Baugnée (2013a), von Tschirnhaus (199a).
17/01/2014