Phytomyza callianthemi Hering, 1944
Diptera, Agromyzidae
mine
Shallow, upper-surface corridor, initially very narrow, later irregularly widened. Frass partly in coarse grains, partly in strings or pearl chains, locally also missing. Pupation external, exit slit in lower epidermis.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Calianthemum coriandrifolium.
phenology
Larvae in May.
distribution within Europe
Poland, Austria (Fauna Europaea, 2009); mountains.
larva
Described by de Meijere (1946a), strongly resembling the larva of Ph. ranunculi.
references
Beiger (1979b), Hering (1944a, 1957a), de Meijere (1946a).
24.x.2009