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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Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Dizygomyza caricicola Hering, 1926c. Z. Morph. ökol. Tiere 5(3): 483.
Dizygomyza Hering, 1937c. Blattminen Mittel- und Nordeuropas Lief 5, 6: 570, as sönderupi.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Griffiths, 1964. Ent. Meddr. 32: 399.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Nowakowski, 1967.Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 643.
Dizygomyza soenderupi Hering, 1937c; Nowakowski, 1967. Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 643.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Nowakowski, 1972. Polskie Pismo ent. 42(4): 760.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 101.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926)c; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 220, figs 379-80.
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 349, 350 (fig. 1327), 351, 371.


Leaf-mine: A long narrow greenish/yellowish mine. Pupation in leaf at end of mine (Spencer, 1976: 220). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Mine of Cerodontha caricicola on Carex sylvatica. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders
Mine of Cerodontha caricicola on Carex sylvatica.
Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1938, as sönderupi), Beri (1971a) and Nowakowski (1973).

Puparium: Can be yellowish but is more normally dark brown; posterior spiracles are on a low projection directed dorsally above the anus each with one long curving bulb and two smaller ones folded around its base (Spencer, 1976: 220-1, fig. 380).

Hosts in Britain:

Cyperaceae      
Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122
Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge British leafminers
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Mines in BMNH
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge British leafminers
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Robbins, 1991: 133
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122
Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge British leafminers
Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122

Hosts elsewhere:

Cyperaceae      
Carex     Spencer, 1990: 351
Carex     Spencer, 1990: 351
Carex arenaria Sand Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex digitata Fingered Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex hirta Hairy Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex ovalis Oval Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex muricata Large-fruited Prickly-sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex pilosa   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex pilulifera Pill Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex remota Remote Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carex sylvatica Wood-sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: February.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Widespread in southern England including London (Hampstead), Sussex (Rusper), Middlesex (Scratch Wood), Oxford (Bagley Wood) (Spencer, 1972b: 101), Surrey (Ash Vale) (British leafminers) and Warwick (Little Packington) (Robbins, 1991: 133).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Germany, Poland, Estonia, Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 220), The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 554), Czech Republic, ? Finland, French mainland, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and ? Sweden (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Chrysocharis polyzo (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis pubens Delucchi, 1954 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, 1833 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae


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