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Aulagromyza tremulae (Hering, 1957) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytagromyza tremulae Hering, 1957a. Bestimm. Blattminen Europa 3: 16. Paraphytomyza tremulae (Hering, 1957a); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 65. Paraphytomyza tremulae (Hering, 1957a); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 323, figs 584-5. Paraphytomyza tremulae (Hering, 1957a); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 81, 82 (figs 306-7), 93.

Leaf-mine: A short, broad, irregular linear mine, exclusively in the spongy parenchyma, on underside of leaf. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 323, 325 (fig. 585)). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Aulagromyza tremulae on Populus tremulae. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Yellowish; posterior spiracles each with a regular ellipse of some 20 minute bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 323). Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae       Populus tremula Aspen Spencer, 1972b: 65 Populus tremula Aspen Robbins, 1991: 89 Populus tremula Aspen Bland, 1992 Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae       Populus     Spencer, 1990: 93 Populus tremula Aspen Bland, 1992 Populus tremula Aspen Spencer, 1976: 323 Populus deltoides Necklace Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders Populus x euramericana   Nederlandse bladmineerders Populus nigra Black-poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July-August. Time of year - adults: April-May the following year. Distribution in Britain: Widespread in Britain including London (Hampstead), Surrey (Bookham), Bucks (Wexham) (Spencer, 1972b: 65), Lanark, Stirling, Perths, Inverness, Inner Hebrides (Isle of Coll) (Bland, 1992), Warwick (Foleshill) (Robbins, 1991: 89), Hants (Fleet) (British leafminers) and Surrey (Weybridge) (British leafminers) and Surrey (NBN Gateway, as Paraphytomyza tremulae - NE). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Norway, Germany (Spencer, 1976: 323), The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Denmark, Lithuania and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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