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Phytagromyza lucens de Meijere, 1924. Tijdschr. Ent. 67: 142
Phytagromyza lucens de Meijere, 1924; de Meijere, 1941. Tijdschr. Ent. 84: 20.
Paraphytomyza (Rubiomyza) lucens de Meijere, 1924; von Tschirnhaus, 1969b. Faun.-Ok. Mitt. Kiel. 3: 282
Paraphytomyza lucens de Meijere, 1924; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 316, fig. 570
Paraphytomyza lucens de Meijere, 1924; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 235, 236.
Aulagromyza lucens (de Meijere, 1924)

Leaf / Stem mine: The mine starts in the leaf but the larva moves to the stem (Spencer, 1976: 316).

The mine starts in a leaf, that soon wilts (to find the mine, look for this detail). Next the larva continues as a miner of the skin of the stem (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

The larva is described by de Meijere (1941).

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Posterior spiracles each with about 20 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 316).

Comments: Galium mollugo is treated as Galium album (Hedge Bedstraw) by Stace (2010).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Rubiaceae
Galium				Spencer, 1990: 236
Galium	aparine	Cleavers		Spencer, 1976: 316
Galium	aparine	Cleavers		Bladmineerders van Europa
Galium	mollugo	Hedge Bedstraw		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: June-July (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year- adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Added to British Checklist by Deeming (1999). Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Finland, Germany, The Netherlands (Spencer, 1976: 316), Balearic Is., French mainland and Lithuania (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: