Phytomyza thalictricola Hendel, 1925
Diptera, Agromyzidae

Thalictrum flavum, Belgium, prov. Flemish Brabant, Zichem © Carina Van Steenwinkel

mine, upperside

underside

lighted from behind
mine
Upper-surface blotch, grey green or whitish, without any initial corridor. The mine begins near the tip of a leaf segment (Griffiths, 1956b); when lighted from behind this is the darkest part of the mine because of an accumulation there of frass. Pupation outside the mine.
hostplants
Ranunculaceae, monophagous
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium, flavum.
phenology
Larvae in June-July (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded by Carina Van Steenwinkel (2015).
NE not recorded (PESI, 2016)
LUX not recorded (PESI, 2016)
distribution within Europe
From sweden to Italy, and from Germany to Poland and the Baltic States (PESI, 2016).
larva
Described by de Meijere (1937a), Sasakawa (1961a), and Beri (1971e).
synonyms
Phytomyza fumariaceae Garg, 1971.
references
Beri (1971e), Buhr (1932a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Dreger & Myssura (2005a), Garg (1971d), Griffiths (1956b), Hering (1957a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1937a), Pakalniškis (2004a), Sasakawa (1961a), Skala (1936a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1976a), Starý (1930a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).
07/09/2016