Phytomyza pubicornis Hendel, 1920

Aegopodium podagraria, Amsterdam

another mine, in more detail
mine
Upper-surface corridor, starting at a random location in the blade. Initially the loops are rather close, later they are looser; there also the corridor widens, but not so strongly by far as in Ph. obscurella on the same plant. Frass in irregular, rather fine, black grains. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Apiaceae, monophagous
Aegopodium podagraria.
phenology
Just one generation per year, in May-June (Hering, 1957a; Buhr, 1964a).
BENELUX
p>BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to the Alps, and from the UK to Belarus (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Finland (Kahanpaa & Winqvist, 2003a).
larva
puparium
Pale brown.
references
Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Beuk (2002a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Buhr (1964a), Černý (2001a, 2011a), Černý & Merz (2006a, 2007a), Černý & Vála (1996a, 1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Chałańska, Łabanowski & Soika (2006a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kahanpaa & Winqvist (2003a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1924a, 1926a, 1939a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Nowakowski (1954a), Pakalniškis (1998a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1976a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).