Phytomyza obscurella Fallén, 1823
on Aegopodium

Aegopodium podagraria, Losser

somewhwat more enlarged
mine
An upper-surface, strongly widening corridor, often following the leaf margin for some distance, with much blackish green, deliquescent frass in its centre. Pupation outside the mine.
hostplants
Apiaceae, monophagous
Aegopodium podagraria.
Kabos (1971a) and van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a) mention also Angelica, Chaerophyllum and Pimpinella as hostplants; this is not correct.
phenology
Larvae in three generations,in July, August, and September-November (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE recorded (van der Wulp, 1871).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia and Finland tot the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Lithuania, Poland and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
puparium
Smooth, shining black.
parasitoids, predators
notes
Already mentioned from the Netherlands in 1871 by van der Wulp. Hering (1924a) also mentioned the species, from Aegopodium podagraria and, probably by mistake, Angelica sylvestris.
references
Ahr (1966a), Allen (1956a,b), Andersen (2013a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Bland (1992b), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b, 1964a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1921a, 1955b, 1956a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1971a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1895a, 1924a, 1926a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1982b, 1990a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1936a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Spencer (1953a, 1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starke (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Ureche (2010a), van der Wulp (1871a), Zoerner (1969a).