Phytomyza pulmonariae Nowakowski, 1959
Diptera, Agromyzidae
mine
Short corridor, continued in, and overrun by, a rather small blotch. Mine at the leaf margin, generally in the leaf tip. Pupation inside the mine. Nowakowski (1959a) writes that the larvae live communally, but Hering (1963a) and Beiger (1975a) describe them as solitary.
hostplants
Boraginaceae, oligophagous
Pulmonaria angustifolia, obscura, officinalis; Symphytum officinale, ottomanum, tuberosum.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Germany, Poland, Moldova (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Mesothorax usually with a high dorsal hump; front spiraculum with 10 papillae, the two-horned rear spiraculum with 11-14 papillae.
references
Beiger (1960a, 1975a, 1979a), Griffiths (1975a), Hering (1963a), Nowakowski (1959a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
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