Phytomyza minuscula Goureau, 1851

Aquilegia vulgaris, Amstelveen, JP Thijssepark

Thalictrum flavum, Ooijpolder: in this much thicker leaf the mine takes a quite different appearance
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).