Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Botanophila depressa

Botanophila depressa (Stein, 1907)

Diptera, Anthomyiidae

mine

Blotch.

hostplants

Amaranthaceae, oligophagous

Halimione pedunculata, Suaeda maritima.

Perhaps also Spergularia media.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

Known only from Sweden, Denmark, the UK and Germany (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

synonyms

Botanophila oraria (Collin, 1967); Pegohylemyia oraria.

notes

Not mentioned in Hering (1957a).

references

Bland (1994b).

21/01/2017

Last modified 28.vi.2017