Cerodontha hammi [Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Cerodontha (Poemyza) hammi Spencer, 1971
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Cerodontha (Poemyza) hammi Spencer, 1971a. Entomologist's Gaz. 22: 157.
Cerodontha (Poemyza) hammi Spencer, 1971a; Spencer, 1972; Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 103 (fig. 350), 104.
Cerodontha (Poemyza) hammi Spencer, 1971a; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 196-8, figs 345-6.
Cerodontha (Poemyza) hammi Spencer, 1971a; Henshaw in Chandler, 1998. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 12: 1-234.

Leaf-miner: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Brown; posterior spiracular processes adjoining, each with three bulbs (Spencer, 1972: 103 (fig. 350), 104; Spencer, 1976: 197 (fig. 346)).

Comments: This species was synonymised with incisa (Meigen, 1830) by Spencer and Martinez (1987), but was restored to species rank by Henshaw in Chandler 1998: 140.

Hosts in Britain: Grasses (Spencer, 1972: 104).

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown. Not in Spencer, 1990.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Oxford (Oxford, Free Ferry Road) (Spencer, 1972: 104).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 197) and Germany (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Host species unknown

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.


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