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

Chrysocharis viridis.

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).