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Liriomyza flaveola (Fallén, 1823) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Agromyza flaveola Fallén, 1823a. Agromyzides Sveciae : 6. Agromyza flaveola Fallén, 1823a; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 219. Liriomyza flaveola (Fallén, 1823a); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 48, 49 (figs 153B and 155), 50, 52, 123, 124. Liriomyza flaveola (Fallén, 1823a); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 246-8, figs 428-31. Liriomyza flaveola (Fallén, 1823a); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 354, 355, 356, 372 (fig. 1402), 373.

Leaf-mine: A narrow whitish linear mine, running down the leaf from the apex, with frass in two rows of separate grains. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 246). The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Liriomyza flaveola on Festuca gigantea. Image: Willis Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: Larva yellow; anterior spiracles with about 6 bulbs; posterior spiracles with 3 bulbs (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Puparium: Orange-yellow to reddish; posterior spiracles each with 3 bulbs, one conspicuously elongated (Spencer, 1976: 246). Hosts in Britain: Poaceae       Bromus     Spencer, 1972b: 123 Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot Mines in BMNH Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot Spencer, 1972b: 123 Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog Mines in BMNH Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog Spencer, 1972b: 123 Holcus mollis Creeping Soft-grass Mines in BMNH Holcus mollis Creeping Soft-grass Spencer, 1972b: 124 Poa     Spencer, 1972b: 124 Hosts elsewhere: Poaceae       Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Avena sativa Oat Nederlandse bladmineerders Briza maxima Greater Quaking-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Briza media Quaking-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Bromus     Spencer, 1976: 245 Bromus     Spencer, 1990: 355 Bromus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Bromus hordeaceus Soft-brome Nederlandse bladmineerders Dactylis     Spencer, 1976: 245 Dactylis     Spencer, 1990: 355 Dactylis     Nederlandse bladmineerders Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot Nederlandse bladmineerders Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hair-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Elymus repens Common Couch Nederlandse bladmineerders Helictotrichon pubescens Downy Oat-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Holcus     Spencer, 1976: 245 Holcus     Spencer, 1990: 354 Holcus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog Nederlandse bladmineerders Hordeum vulgare Six-rowed Barley Nederlandse bladmineerders Milium     Nederlandse bladmineerders Milium     Spencer, 1990: 356 Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Phleum     Nederlandse bladmineerders Poa     Spencer, 1976: 245 Poa     Spencer, 1990: 355 Poa     Nederlandse bladmineerders Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June-August, October. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Common and widespread throughout Britain, including Aberdeen, Banff, Inverness, Elgin (Spencer, 1972b: 52), Cumberland, Derby, East Kent, East Norfolk, Middlesex, North Devon, North Hants, North-east York, Notts, Salop, South Somerset, South-west York, Stafford, Surrey, West Sussex (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, DF and NE) and the Channel Is. (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Spencer, 1972b: 52). Distribution elsewhere: Common throughout much of Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 245), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (de Meijere, 1924; de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 558), Belarus, Canary Is., Czech Republic, Estonia, European Turkey, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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