Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949
mine
A compact secondary blotch, without islets of unmined tissue. Mine without brown discouloration. Both primary and secondary feeding lines recognisable. Pupation within the leaf, in a lower-surface section of the mine.
host plants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Ranunculus acris, bulbosus.
phenology
Larvae in July (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From the Baltic States and Belarus to the Pyrenees and Alps (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also the UK (Gibbs, 2006a).
larva
puparium
Yellow.
references
Andersen (2013a), Černý (2001a, 2013a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Gibbs (2006a), Hering (1949b, 1954a, 1956a, 1957a), de Meijere (1950a), Pakalniškis (1998a, 2004a), Spencer (1976a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).