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Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864. Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 21: 250. Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1963a. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 115: 2. Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 34 (fig. 91), 35, 109. Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 124, figs 208-10. Agromyza myosotidis Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 198, 199.

Leaf-mine: A large, irregular blotch mine with a short linear section in the first instar which is frequently entirely enveloped in the fully developed mine and may then be no longer visible (Spencer, 1976: 124). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Reddish-brown; posterior spiracles each with 3 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 124). Hosts in Britain: Boraginaceae       Lithospermum arvense Field Gromwell Pitkin, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Myosotis     Mines in BMNH Myosotis     Robbins, 1991: 97 Myosotis scorpioides Water Forget-me-not Mines in BMNH Myosotis scorpioides (as palustris) Water Forget-me-not Spencer, 1972b: 109 Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-me-not Robbins, 1989: 19 Pentaglottis sempervirens Green Alkanet Mines in BMNH Pentaglottis sempervirens Green Alkanet Spencer, 1972b: 109 Symphytum     Robbins, 1991: 96 Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Spencer, 1972b: 109 Hosts elsewhere: Boraginaceae       Anchusa     Spencer, 1990: 199 Borago     Spencer, 1990: 199 Borago officinalis Borage Nederlandse bladmineerders Cynoglossum     Spencer, 1990: 199 Cynoglossum     Nederlandse bladmineerders Cynoglossum hochstetteri   Mines in BMNH Myosotis     Nederlandse bladmineerders Myosotis     Mines in BMNH Myosotis     Spencer, 1976: 124 Myosotis     Spencer, 1990: 199 Pentaglottis     Spencer, 1976: 124 Pentaglottis sempervirens Green Alkanet Nederlandse bladmineerders Symphytum     Nederlandse bladmineerders Symphytum     Spencer, 1976: 124 Symphytum     Spencer, 1990: 199 Time of year - mines: July-August, October. Time of year - adults: September. Distribution in Britain: Hants (Barnet), Oxford (Oxford), Suffolk (Dunwich), Denbigh (Cefn-y-bedd) (Spencer, 1972b: 35) and Warwick (Corley and Coventry) (Robbins, 1991: 97). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 124) and the [former] U.S.S.R. (Mines in BMNH), Austria, Belgium, Canary Is., Czech Republic, French mainland, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in Ethiopia (Spencer, 1976: 124). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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