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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Delia kullensis (Ringdahl, 1933)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Hylemyia (Delia) kullensis Ringdahl, 1933. Ent. Tidskr. 54: 14.
Delia kullensis (Ringdahl, 1933); Ackland & Pont, 1996. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 132: 17-21.


Leaf- and stem-miner: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Caryophyllaceae      
Silene inflata   Ackland & Pont, 1996: 20

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Confirmed as British by Ackland & Pont (1996).

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

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Belgium, ? Bulgaria, ? Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - East, North, Central and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 30-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin