Phytomyza kyffhusana Hering, 1928
Diptera, Agromyzidae
mine
Upper-surface blotch, preceded by a corridor that (always?) is lower-surface in part and often follows the leaf margin. Primary freeding lines in fresh leaves quite conspicuous. Frass irregularly distributed, partly in granules, partly in strings. Pupation outside the mine.
hostplants
Asteraceae, oligophagous
Antennaria dioica; Bupthalmum salicifolium; Filago arvensis, pyramidata; Gnaphalium sylvaticum, uliginosum; Helichrysum graveolens; Inula britannica, helenium, hirta, salicina; Laphangium luteo-album; Leontopodium leontopodioides, palibiniacrum, tataricum.
phenology
Larvae in Jule-July and September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Czechia (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
Described by de Meijere (1937a) and Hering (1963a, as gnaphalii); rear spiraculum with 14 papillae.
synonyms
Phytomyza gnaphalii Hering, 1963.
references
Buhr (1941b, 1964a), Černý & Merz (2005a, 2007a), Dursun, Civelek, Barták, Kubík, Yildirim & Černý (2015a), Hering (1928a, 1949b, 1957a, 1960a, 1963a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Pakalniškis (1995a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
27/01/2017