Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830
on Ficaria, Ranunculus

Ranunculus acris, Retranchement
mine
A short, broad corridor, with irregular sides. The mine often starts at a browned spot in the centre of the leaf. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit upper-surface.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Ficaria verna; Ranunculus acris, alpestris, auricomus. breyninus, bulbosus, montanus, repens.
phenology
Larvae in June and August-September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
NE recorded (Ellis, Retranchement).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from the UK to Belarus (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).
synonyms
Phytomyza pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848; Ph. pseudonotata Hering, 1949.
references
Beiger (1979a,b), Bland (1992b), Buhr (1964a), Černý (2013a), Černý, Barták & Vaněk (2009a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Hering (1941a, 1949a, 1955b, 1957a), Maček (1999a), Pakalniškis (1983a, 1990a, 1998a, 2004a), Spencer (1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), von Tschirnhaus (1982a, 1999a), Zoerner (1969a).