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Chirosia cinerosa (Zetterstedt, 1845) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae] Aricia cinerosa Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1450. Aricia flavipennis Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1451. Aricia xanthoptera Boheman, 1864. Ofvers. K. svenska VetensAkad. Forh. 20(1863): 83 Pycnoglossa luteipennis Ringdahl, 1937. Opusc. ent. 2: 126.

Leaf- and stem-mine: In leaf stems and fronds. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Woodsiaceae       Matteuccia     Pitkin, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Matteuccia     Ackland, 1978: 227 Dennstaedtiaceae       Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Ackland, 1978: 227 Hosts elsewhere: Woodsiaceae       Athyrium filix-femina Lady-fern Hering, 1957a Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widely distributed. Devon, Hants, Cumbria, Elgin (Mike Ackland, pers. comm.) Berks and North Devon (NBN Gateway distribution map - DF and NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, ? Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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