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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Cheilosia semifasciata Becker, 1894
[Diptera: Syrphidae]


Cheilosia semifasciata Becker, 1894. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol. 62(3): 443.
Chilosia alpina Strobl, 1898. Mitt. naturw. Ver. Steierm. 34: 225.


Leaf-mine: Full depth mine; in parts of the mine the parenchyma remain untouched. The larva enters and exits the leaf by means of an oval opening of 3-5 mm at the base, near the leaf edge. Pupation external (Nederlandse bladmineerders).

Mine of Cheilosia semifasciata on Sedum telephium. Photo: Willem Ellis
Mine of Cheilosia semifasciata on Sedum telephium. Photo: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Larva: The larva is described Rotheray (1988) and Stuke (2000).

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Crassulaceae      
Sedum telephium Orpine Chandler, 1978: 221
Umbilicus     Chandler, 1978: 221

Hosts elsewhere:

Crassulaceae      
Sedum     Hering, 1957a
Sedum telephium Orpine Stubbs, 1983
Sedum telephium Orpine Nederlandse bladmineerders
Umbilicus     Hering, 1957a
Umbilicus rupestris Navelwort Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Berks, Cambridge, East Cornwall, North Hants, Oxford and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - HRS and NE).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Speight, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including The Netherlands and Belgium (van der Goot, 1981; Verlinden, 1991), Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia (Speight, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 22-Jun-2008  Brian Pitkin