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Delia coronariae (Hendel, 1925) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae] Chortophila coronariae Hendel, 1925. Konowia 4: 305. Hylemyia striatula Karl, 1943. Stettin. ent. Ztg. 104: 71. Hylemyia nudiventris Ringdahl, 1948. Opusc. ent. 13: 164. Delia paludosa d'Assis-Fonseca, 1966. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 101: 276.

Leaf-mine: Mine only in the leaf lamina (not the mid-rib). Mine not simultaneously blotch-like (on the upper side or under side) and with very fine frass grains. Mine not touching the midrib. Mine at least in places greenish in transmitted light when seen from either the dorsal side or ventral side. Frass plentiful, irregularly scattered throughout the mine. Pupation always external. The egg shell lies on the leaf surface at the beginning of the mine. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Caryophyllaceae       Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged-Robin (stem) Ackland, 1978: 227 Hosts elsewhere: Caryophyllaceae       Lychnis     Hering, 1957a Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged-Robin Griffiths, 1982 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Recorded in Britain by Ackland (1978). Distribution elsewhere: Europe (Hering, 1957a) including Germany (Griffiths, 1982), Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland and Slovakia (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the East Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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