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Chromatomyia scolopendri (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 3: 402. Phytomyza scolopendri Goureau, 1851. Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 9: 139 [as scolopendri R.-D.] Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 474. Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Collart, 1953. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie 89: PAGE. Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 73, 109. Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 493-4, figs. 864. Chromatomyia scolopendri (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 5, 6, 8, 12 (fig. 30), 13, 403, 405.

Leaf-mine: Larva forms a long greenish linear mine, frequently following a vein; mines can be up to 10 cm long. Pupation internal; anterior spiracles projecting through the leaf epidermis. The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mines of Chromatomyia scolopendri on Asplenium ruta-muraria. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Ellis,Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is described by Dempewolf (2001: 208). Puparium: 'Slipper-shaped', whitish-yellow with minute black spiracles; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 9 bulbs. Hosts in Britain: Aspleniaceae       Asplenium     Robbins, 1991: 20 Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue Mines in BMNH Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue Spencer, 1972b: 109 Ceterach     Robbins, 1991: 20 Phyllitis     Robbins, 1991: 20 Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-toungue Bland, 1989: 44 Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-toungue Mines in BMNH Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-toungue Spencer, 1972b: 109 Polypodiaceae       Polypodium     Robbins, 1991: 21 Polypodium vulgare Polypody Mines in BMNH Polypodium vulgare Polypody Spencer, 1972 Hosts elsewhere: Aspleniaceae       Asplenium     Spencer, 1990: 6 Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue Spencer, 1976: 494 Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue Dempewolf, 2001: 208 Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue Nederlandse bladmineerders Phyllitis     Spencer, 1990: 6 Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-toungue Spencer, 1976: 494 Polypodiaceae       Polypodium vulgare Polypody Spencer, 1976: 494 Polypodium vulgare Polypody Nederlandse bladmineerders Polypodium vulgare Polypody Spencer, 1990: 5 Time of year - mines: May-September. Time of year - adults: May. Distribution in Britain: Widespread in Britain including Gloucester (Wye Valley) (British leafminers), Somerset (Cheddar), Devon (Hope), Cornwall (Hayle), Westmorland (Ambleside) (Spencer, 1972b: 73), Hants (Storth, Cumbria) (British leafminers), Warwick (Rowington) (Robbins, 1991: 20), Berwicks (Douglas Dean) (Bland, 1989: 44) and East Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, South Devon and South Somerset (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC and NE). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Kerry (Killarney) (Spencer, 1972b: 73). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in much of Europe including Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 494), Belgium (Collart, 1953: 237-238; de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 578; Dempewolf, 2001: 208), European Turkey, French mainland, Italian mainland, Poland and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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