Aquilegia vulgaris, Amstelveen, JP Thijssepark

mine

A pale green, upper-surface, fairly broad, waving corridor; relatively short, up to 7 cm. Frass at first in grains, later in short thread fragments or pearl strings, at either side of the corridor. Often several mines in a leaf. Pupation outside the mine, exit slit in lower epidermis.

host plants

Ranunculaceae, oligophagous

Aquilegia alpina, aurea, chrysantha, vulgaris; Thalictrum aquilegiifolium, delavayi, flavum, minus, sparsiflorum, tuberiferum.

phenology

Larvae in July-September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia and Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, and from Ireland to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

Described by de Meijere (1926a), Allen (1958a), and Sasakawa (1961a).

synonyms

Phytomyza ancholiae Goureau, 1851; Ph. aquileagiae Robinea-Desvoidy, 1851 nec Hardy, 1849.

notes

Frequent in gardens.

references

Ahr (1966a), Allen (1958a), Beiger (1979A, 1989a), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Chałańska, Łabanowski & Soika (2006a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Edmunds (2015a), Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Griffiths (1962a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1936b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kuroda (1961a), Maček (1999a), Manning (1956a), de Meijere (1924a, 1926a, 1939a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (2004a), Robbins (1991a), Sasakawa (1961a), Seidel (1957a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zoerner (1970a).