Phytomyza soenderupi Hering, 1941

Diptera, Agromyzidae

mine

Essentially a borer in the petiole or flower stalk, but now and then the larva may make also corridors in the leaf blade. Pupation in the petiole.

hostplants

Ranunculaceae, monophagous

Caltha palustris

phenology

Larvae in June and August (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

distribution within Europe

Britain, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Norway (Andersen & Jonassen, 1994a) and Switzerland (Černý & Merz, 2007a).

puparium

de Meijere (1943a).

notes

Leaf mines are formed mostly in plants in relatively dry situations; here the petiole tends to be shorter.

references

Andersen & Jonassen (1994a), Bland (2001a), Černý (2013a), Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Hering (1941a, 1957a), de Meijere (1943a), Pakalniškis (2004a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1976a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

18/10/2016