Phytomyza solidaginis Hendel, 1920
Diptera, Agromyzidae

Solidago virgaurea, Belgium, prov. Luxemburg, Montauban: parasitised mine
mine
Upper surface corridor, 6-9 cm in length, densely wound, easily confluent into a secondary blotch. Frass unusual, in more or less connected strings at either side of the corridor. Pupation outside the mine, exit slit usually in the upper epidermis. According to Hering dried mines turn yellow brown to reddish purple.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Solidago virgaurea.
phenology
Larvae in June – August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991a).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
LUX not rcorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
Described by de Meijere (1926a, 1928a, 1938a); see also Griffiths (1976c).
synonyms
Phytomyza hendeli Bryk, 1929, nec Hering, 1926.
references
Beiger (1955a), De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1991a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Drăghia (1971a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Griffiths (1976c), Hering (1936b, 1955b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1926a, 1928a, 1938a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a, 2003a), Michna (1975a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1982b, 1990a), Sasakawa (2005a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Spencer (1954b, 1972a, 1976a), Stammer (2016a), Starke (1942a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
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