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Delia quadripila (Stein, 1916) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae] Chortophila quadripila Stein, 1916. Arch. Naturgesch. 81A(10)(1915): 175.

Leaf- and stem-miner: Mine predominantly in the leaves. The beginning of the mine is a full depth corridor lying on the leaf margin, with or without large, black frass grains. The larva goes through the stem, mines leaf after leaf, hollowing these out. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Caryophyllaceae       Honckenya peploides Sea Sandwort Ackland, 1978: 227 Hosts elsewhere: Caryophyllaceae       Minuartia     Hering, 1957a Honckenya peploides Sea Sandwort Hering, 1957a Honckenya peploides Sea Sandwort Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Recorded in Britain by Ackland (1978) including East Suffolk and West Norfolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Germany (Teschner, 1999), Denmark, Norwegian mainland, Poland and Russia - North (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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