Leaf-mine: An upper or lower surface shallow winding linear mine, which may develop into a secondary blotch. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 240).

Upper- or lower-surface, greenish or whitish corridor, sometimes a blotch. The corridor does not widen much and is not associated with the midrib. Frass in conspicuous thread fragments, alternating along the sides of the corridor. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1925, as ononidis); posterior spiracles with 7-9 bulbs. The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Puparium: Orange; posterior spiracles each with 7-9 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 240). The puparium is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Liriomyza cicerina puparium, dorsal Image: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Hosts in Britain:

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Time of year - mines: July, October.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Kent (Otford and Wrotham), Surrey (Box Hill) (Spencer, 1972: 52), Warwickshire (Keresley) (Robbins, 1991: 44); Glamorgan and South Wiltshire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 240), [former] Yugoslavia (Spencer, 1990), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 558), ? Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, European Turkey, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Yugoslavia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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