Phytomyza cicutivora Hering, 1931
Diptera, Agromyzidae
mine
Small upper-surface blotch, generally in the tip of a leaf segment, preceded by a short and broad, densely wound corridor. Frass in the corridor in numerous brown grains, in the blotch as large black lumps. Pupation ooutside the mine, exit slit in upper epidermis.
hostplants
Apiaceae, monophagous
Cicuta virosa.
phenology
Larvae in August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Germany (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
references
Buhr (1932a), Hering (1931f, 1957), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
25.iii.2008