Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) monfalconensis (Strobl, 1909)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Agromyza monfalconensis Strobl, 1909. Wien. ent. Ztg. 28: 295.
Agromyza monfalconensis Strobl, 1909; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 78.
Amauromyza monfalconensis (Strobl, 1909); Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 46.
Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) monfalconensis (Strobl, 1909); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 161-2, fig. 292.
Amauromyza monfalconensis (Strobl, 1909); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 63, 68 (fig. 257), 70, 204.


Stem-borer: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Polygonaceae      
Rumex     Spencer, 1990: 63

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: June.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Kent (Folkestone and Hythe), Middlesex (Scratch Wood), Dorset (Lyme Regis), Derby (Miller's Dale) and Inverness (Inverness) (Spencer, 1972: 46) and Cambridge, Glamorgan, North Somerset and West Kent (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe, including Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Netherlands, N. Italy (Spencer, 1976: 162), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 550), Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland and Yugoslavia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Host species unknown

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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