Phytomyza lithospermi Nowakoski, 1959

mine

From a small blotch, usually in the leaf tip, a number of short corridors radiate, that widen and finally coalesce. Larva solitary. Pupation as a rule outside the mine; if it does happen inside, the puparium already protrudes from the mine.

host plants

Boraginaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum; Lithospermum officinale.

Although Nowakowski (1959a) writes that references to Symphytum probably concern Ph. medicaginis, lithospermi is recorded from Symphytum tuberosum by Hering (1963a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Germany, Poland, Slovakia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Metathorax without a dorsal hump; front spiraculum with 8-10 papillae; rear spiraculum with 10-14 papillae in an ellipse.

anterior and posterior spiracula (from Nowakowski, 1962b)

references

Beiger (1975a), Griffiths (1975a), Hering (1963a), Nowakowski (1959a, 1962b), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).