Aulagromyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytagromyza hendeliana Hering, 1926b. Dt. ent. Z. 1925(5): 380.
Phytagromyza hendeliana Hering, 1926b ; Hendel, 1932. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 284.
Paraphytomyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926b); Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 65.
Paraphytomyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926b); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 314-5, figs 564-5.
Paraphytomyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926b); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 238, 239 (fig. 899), 240, 242.


Leaf-mine: A long conspicuous white linear mine. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 315, 317 (fig. 565)).

An upper-surface corridor that widens only a little, and generally is unbranched. Often a part of the corridor loosely follows the leaf margin. Frass in two neat rows of grains or short thread fragments. Pupation outside the mine. Feeding punctures in the lower surface (always?) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

An upper surface gallery with frass in large, well-spaced grains (British leafminers).

Larva: Posterior spiracles of larva (and puparium) without horn within ellipse of spiracular bulbs (British leafminers). The larvae was described by de Meijere (1949), Dempewolf (2001: 164) and in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Aulagromyza hendeliana puparium
Aulagromyza hendeliana larval. lateral
Image: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Puparium: Yellowish; posterior spiracles with 20 minute bulbs, without a horn-like process (Spencer, 1976: 315). The puparium is illustrated in British leafminers and Bladmineerders van Europa.

Aulagromyza hendeliana puparium
Aulagromyza hendeliana puparium
Image: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Hosts in Britain:

Caprifoliaceae      
Lonicera     Mines in BMNH
Lonicera     Robbins, 1991: 106
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Mines in BMNH
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle British leafminers
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Spencer, 1972: 110
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Bland in Whiteley, 1994
Symphoricarpos     Robbins, 1991: 106
Symphoricarpos albus (as rivularis) Snowberry Mines in BMNH
Symphoricarpos albus (as rivularis) Snowberry British leafminers
Symphoricarpos albus (as rivularis) Snowberry Spencer, 1972: 110

Hosts elsewhere:

Caprifoliaceae      
Lonicera     Spencer, 1976: 315
Lonicera     Spencer, 1990: 239
Lonicera alpigena Alpine Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera caerulea Blue-berried Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera caprifolium Perfoliate Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera nigra   Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera tatarica Tartarian Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera xylosteum Fly Honeysuckle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lonicera xylosteum Fly Honeysuckle Dempewolf, 2001: 164
Symphoricarpos     Spencer, 1976: 315
Symphoricarpos     Spencer, 1990: 239
Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: June-October.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Common in southern England (Spencer, 1972: 65) Records include Warwickshire (Packington) (Robbins, 1991: 106), Hampshire (Fleet) (British leafminers) and Rum (Bland in Whiteley, 1994), Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Edinburgh, Haddington, Huntingdonshire, Linlithgow, Middlesex, North Ebudes, South Wiltshire, Stafford and Surrey (NBN Gateway, as Paraphytomyza hendeliana).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare, Co. Cork and Co. Galway (Spencer, 1972: 65).

NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in much of Europe, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 315), Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 562; Dempewolf, 2001: 164), French mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera xylosteum, Symphoricarpos albus

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chrysocharis liriomyzae Delucchi, 1954 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis pentheus (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Diglyphus chabrias (Walker, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Diglyphus minoeus (Walker, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Neochrysocharis chlorogaster (Erdös, 1966) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Pediobius metallicus (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Pnigalio soemius (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Miscogaster hortensis Walker, 1833 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae


External links: Search the internet:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea [128586]
NBN Gateway, as Paraphytomyza hendeliana

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