Phytomyza eupatorii Hendel, 1927
on Eupatorium
Eupatorium cannabinum, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Kasterlee, Tikkebroeken, 15.viii.2018 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
same leaf, underside; the light green sections of the mine lie in the sponge parenchyma
lighted from behind, showing the frass pattern
Eupatorium cannabinum, Vreeland
Eupatorium cannabinum, Nieuwendam: frass pattern
mine
Long corridor, often following the midrib for some distance. The mine is upper- or lower-surface; often the first part lower-surface, then upper-surface. Frass in pearl chains or isolated granules. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in the lower epidermis.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Euptorium cannabinum & subsp. corsicum.
phenology
Larvae in June-July and August-September (Hering, 1957a)
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Dudelange).
distribution within Europe
From Lithuania to the Pyrenees, and from the UK to Czechia (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Hungary (Surányi, 1942a) and Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).
larva
puparium
synonyms
Phytomyza lappae: de Meijere, 1926a p.p.
notes
Much less common than Liriomyza eupatorii on the same host plant.
references
Beiger (1970a, 1978a, 1979a), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1926a, 1928a, 1937a), Michalska (1976a, 2003a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1998a), Robbins (1991), Sasakawa (1961a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1954b, 1972a), Stammer (2016a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).