Agromyza
fulvipes
Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 174
Agromyza femoralis Meigen, 1838. Syst. Beschr. 7:
397.
Cerodontha fulvipes Meigen, 1830; Hendel, 1932. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 272
Cerodontha fulvipes Meigen, 1830; Sasakawa, 1961. Pacif.
Insects 3: 367
Cerodontha fulvipes Meigen, 1830; Nowakowski, 1967. Polskie
Pismo ent. 37: 657
Cerodontha fulvipes Meigen, 1830; Nowakowski, 1972. Polskie
Pismo ent. 42(4): 739
Cerodontha (Cerodontha) fulvipes (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 107
Cerodontha (Cerodontha) fulvipes (Meigen, 1830); Spencer,
1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 179-80, fig. 320
Cerodontha (Cerodontha) fulvipes (Meigen, 1830); Spencer,
1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera)
: 355, 364.
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Leaf-miner: The
mine starts as a narrow, mostly upper-surface, sometimes lower-surface
or interparenchymatous corridor that goes down to the ligula and
from there descends into the leaf sheat, generally taking the inside.
Usually only one mine per leaf. Pupation in the mine, in a puparial
chamber at the margin of the leaf sheath (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Neither
mine nor larva can be separated from those of C. denticornis,
that lives on a much wider range of hostplants (Nowakowski, 1973a).
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.
Anterior spiracles with 12-3 bulbs, posterior spiracles with
12, in 3 to 5 groups; mandible with 2 teeth (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Possibly
other grasses (Spencer, 1972b).
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines:
July (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: July.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in southern Britain,
also Aberdeen (Den of Pitlurg) and Inverness (Feshie Bridge) (Spencer, 1972b: 107) and Berkshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, East Kent,
Glamorgan, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, South-west
Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Norfolk and Westmorland (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Spencer, 1972b: 107). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Finland,
Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 180);
The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (de
Bruyn and von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 554), Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland,
Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).
Also
recorded in Japan (Spencer, 1976:
180).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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