The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Botanophila striolata (Fallén, 1824)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Musca striolata Fallén, 1824. Monogr. Musc. Sveciae 7: 71.
Aricia discreta Meigen, 1826. Syst. Beschr. 5: 172.
Aricia trapezoides Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1554.
Aricia arrogans Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1567.
Aricia auctinervis Zetterstedt, 1860. Dipt. Scand. 14: 6240.
Aricia sulcella Zetterstedt, 1860. Dipt. Scand. 14: 6259.
Chortophila sexdentata Bigot, 1885. Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 4: 227.
Anthomyia (Chortophila) insperata Pandellé, 1900. Revue Ent. 19 (Suppl.): 260.
Pegomyia (Anthomyia) fugitiva Schnabl, 1911. Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol. 95(2): 268, as var. of discreta Meigen, 1826.
Pegomyia (Anthomyia) arctica Schnabl, 1915. Mem. Acad. Sci. St.-Petersb. Cl. phys. mat. (8)28(7): 20.
Chortophila bompadrei Bezzi, 1918. Mem. Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 9: 113.
Chortophila villeneuvei Séguy, 1923. Fauna de France 6: 135.
Hylemyia quadriseta Ringdahl, 1926. Ent. Tidskr. 47: 115.
Hylemyia angustifrons Ringdahl, 1930. Ark. Zool. 21A(20): 11.


Life-style: Unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupaprium: Details unknown.

Comments: Hennig (1966-73) records Botanophila striolata mining leaves of Ranunculus, but the record is doubtful (Mike Ackland, pers. comm.).

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Recorded in Britain (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea) including Devon and Cornwall (NBN Gateway distribution map - DF).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, ? Belgium Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, ? Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sweden and Switzerland (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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