Scaptomyza graminum (Fallén, 1823)

Cerastium glomeratum, Belgium, prov. Namur, Ardenne, 7.ii.2011 © Jean-Yves Baugnée
mine
The mine starts as a long, narrow, winding corridor running towards the midrib, widening there to a blotch. Usually upper-surface, but in small leaves also full-depth parts may occur. The blotch has broad lobes; in their ends most frass is accumulated in the form of green patches or clouds. Sometimes several larvae share mine. Pupation usually in the soil, less often in the leaf (and then generally not in the mine itself but in a small separated mine, that may even be made in the petiole).
host plants
narrow polyphagous, preference for Caryophyllaceae and to lesser degree also Amaranthaceae
Agrostemma githago; Amaranthus; Allium ampeloprasum, cepa; Anthyllis vulneraria; Arenaria serpyllifolia; Atriplex hortensis; Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima; Cerastium arvense, fontanum & subsp. vulgare, glomeratum, semidecandrum; Chenopodiastrum hybridum; Chenopodium album; Corrigiola; Dianthus barbatus, caryophyllus, carthusianorum, barbatus, graniticus, monspessulanus, scaber, segueri, sylvestris; Gypsophila elegans, paniculata, repens; Honckenya peploides; Lupinus; Medicago carstiensis; Moehringia trinervia; Montia; Myosoton aquaticum; Polycarpon tetraphyllum; Portulaca; Salicornia; Saponaria officinalis; Silene aegyptiaca, alba, alpestris, asterias, baccifera, coelirosa, coronaria, dioica, flos-cuculi, fulgens, fuscata, gallica, x haageana, noctiflora, nutans, otites, pygmaea, vulgaris; Spergularia; Spinacia Stellaria alsine, graminea, holostea, media, nemorum, palustris; Trigonella; Vicia faba; Vaccaria; Viscaria oculata.
phenology
Larvae practically the whole year (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Gosseries, 1991a).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
puparium
synonyms
Scaptomyza, Scaptomyzella incana (Meigen, 1830), Scaptomyza tetrasticha Becker, 1908.
parasitoids, predators
references
Ahr (1966a), Amsel & Hering (1931a, 1933a), Beiger (1955a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1979a), Beuk (2002b), Bland (1992b, 1994b), Buhr (1933a, 1964a), Drăghia (1972a), Gosseries (1991a), Hackman (1955a), Hendel (1928a), Hering (1924a,b, 1925b, 1927a, 1932a, 1957a,b), Huber (1969a), Kvičala (1938a), Máca (1972a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1939a), Michalska (1972a, 1976a), Nowakowski (1954a), Okada (1968a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Overgaard Nielsen, Brunberg Nielsen & Toft (2019a), Pakalniškis (1983a), Robbins (1991a), Séguy (1950a), Seidel (1957a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Zoerner (1969a).