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Agromyza ferruginosa van de Wulp, 1871 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Agromyza ferruginosa van de Wulp, 1871. Tijdschr. Ent. 14: 205. Agromyza ferruginosa van de Wulp, 1871; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 31, 109. Agromyza ferruginosa van de Wulp, 1871; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 198, 199, 200 (figs 744-5).

Leaf-mine: A large blotch mine, several larvae feeding together (Spencer, 1972b: 31). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Boraginaceae       Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Mines in BMNH Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Spencer, 1972b: 109 Hosts elsewhere: Boraginaceae       Pulmonaria     Spencer, 1990: 199 Pulmonaria officinalis Lungwort Nederlandse bladmineerders Symphytum     Spencer, 1990: 199 Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Nederlandse bladmineerders Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Mines in BMNH Time of year - mines: September. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Surrey (Charterhouse), Cambridge (Chippenham Fen), Hunts (Woodwalton Fen) (Spencer, 1972b: 31), North Hants, West Kent and West Suffolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). NBN interactive distribution maps: Miner Agromyza ferruginosa Known host species - Britain and elsewhere Symphytum officinale, Pulmonaria officinalis. Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Germany (Mines in BMNH), The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (Scheirs, de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1996), Czech Republic, French mainland, Poland and Slovakia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis amyite (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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