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).

31/03/2017