Phytomyza buhriella Spencer, 1969

Diptera, Agromyzidae

mine

Long narrow corridor in the petiole, sometimes also in a thick vein, and sometimes beginning on the blade. Pupation internal.

hostplants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Petasites albus; Tussilago farfara.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

Norway, Britain, Lithuania, Germany, Switzerland, Czechia, Slovakia (Andersen & Jonassen 1994a; Černý & Merz, 2007a; Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

Frontal appendage present, erect, forked (? “gegliedert”); both anterior and posterior spiracula with 18-22 papillae in two almost parallel rows (Hering, 1957a).

synonyms

Phytomyza notabilis Spencer, 1971a.

references

Andersen & Jonassen (1994a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Griffiths (1972b), Hering (1957a: # 3604a), Pakalniškis (1994a), Spencer (1969a, 1971a, 1972a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

20/10/2014