Fallopia baldschuanica, Amsterdam-Noord

mine

Broad corridor, widening into a large transparent blotch with 1 or several, proportionally very large larvae that quickly completely mine out a leaf, then move to another leaf. At the start of the first mine at the leaf underside 1 or more oval egg shells. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Polygonaceae, monophagous

Fallopia aubertii, baldschuanica, convolvulus, dumetorum.

Perhaps occasionally on Persicaria spp. A reference by Brischke of Ipomoea (as P. grossa) is questionable (Hering, 1957a).

phenology

Larvae found from June to September.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Gosseries & Ackland, 1991a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and Hungary, and from the UK to Poland; also Russia and Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).

larva

synonyms

Pegomya grossa Brischke, 1881.

references

Beiger (1955a, 1970a), Beuk, Prijs & de Jong (2002a), Buhr (1933a, 1964a), Eiseman (2018a), Gosseries & Ackland (1991a), Hering (1924b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kabos (1975a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1939), Nowakowski (1954a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Teschner (1999a).