Liriomyza
taraxaci Hering, 1927
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Liriomyza
taraxaci Hering, 1927c. Z. angew. Ent. 13: 184.
Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 252.
Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c;
Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 56
(fig. 187), 57, 114, 115.
Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c;
Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 274,
figs 490-1.
Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c;
Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae
(Diptera) : 259, 263, 264 (fig. 993).
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Leaf-mine:
A small somewhat irregular, elongate blotch (Spencer,
1972b: 57 Spencer, 1976:
273 (fig. 491), 274). The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse
bladmineerders.
Larva:
The larva is described by de Meijere (1925).
Posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 8-10 bulbs (Spencer,
1972b: 57; Spencer, 1976:
274).
Puparium:
Details unknown.
Hosts
in Britain:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: June-August.
Time
of year - adults: Unknown.
Distribution
in Britain: Widespread including Perth (Killin) (Spencer,
1972b: 57), Warwick (Coventry, Holbrooks) (Robbins,
1991: 123) and Berwick and Surrey (NBN
Gateway distribution map - NE and SNH).
Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Kilkenny (Spencer,
1972b: 57).
Distribution
elsewhere: Holarctic. Widespread in Europe including Denmark,
Sweden, Norway (Spencer, 1976:
274); The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Nederlandse
bladmineerders), Belgium (de
Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 562), Canary Is., Finland, French mainland, Lithuania,
Poland and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna
Europaea).
Range
extending eastwards to the Central Asian Republics of the [former]
U.S.S.R. (Spencer, 1976:
274).
Also
recorded in Canada (Spencer,
1969a: 188).
Parasitoids:
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