Phytomyza crassiseta Zetterstedt, 1860
on Veronica

Veronica officinalis, Belgium, prov. Liège, Couthuin © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Veronica chamaedrys, Duin- en Kruidberg
Veronica officinalis, Belgium, Prov. Namur, Couvin, Petigny, Barrage du Ry de Rome © Stéphane Claerebout
same mine, lighted from behind
mine
Wide upper-surface corridor. The first part closely follows the leaf margin. Later the margin is released, often then the corridor is so densely wound that a secondary blotch is formed. Finally a short short stretch is made that ends in a lower-surface pupal chamber. Frass in isolated grains or pearl chains.
hostplants
Plantaginaceae, monophagous
Veronica agrestis, anagallis-aquatica, arvensis, austriaca subsp. teucrium, chamaedrys, filiformis, hederifolia, longifolia, officinalis, orientalis, persica, prostrata, rhodopea, scutellata, spicata, trehani, urticifolia.
phenology
Larvae from May till November (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE pictures above.
NE recorded (van der Wulp, 1871a).
LUX recorded (Ellis, Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia and Finland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Belarus and Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Bulgary (Buhr, 1941b) and Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).
larva
puparium
synonyms
Phytomyza atomaria Zetterstedt, 1848; Ph. veronicae Kaltenbach, 1873.
parasitoids, predators
references
Andersen & Jonassen (1994a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Beuk (2002a), Bland (1977a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý (2001a, 2007a, 2011a), Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2006a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1996a, 1999a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gil Ortiz (2009a), Griffiths (1962a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1924a, 1926a, 1939a, 1941a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1982b, 1990a, 1998a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1972a,b, 1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Warrington (2022d), van der Wulp (1871a), Zoerner (1969a).