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