Melanagromyza aenea (Meigen, 1830)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Agromyza aenea Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 169.
Melanagromyza aeneiventris subsp. fuscociliata Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 160. [Synonymised by Spencer. 1966: 10].
Melanagromyza aenea (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 18 (figs 28-9), 20, 121. Melanagromyza aenea (Hendel, 1920); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 43-4, figs 17-9.
Melanagromyza aenea (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 54, 56 (figs 209-11), 57.


Stem-borer: Larva an internal stem-borer. Pupation internal (Spencer, 1972: 20).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Puparium whitish-brown. Posterior spiracles separated by own diameter, each process with elongated ellipse of about 13 bulbs around the strong central horn (Spencer, 1972: 18 (fig. 29), 20).

Hosts in Britain:

Urticaceae      
Urtica dioica Common Nettle Spencer, 1972: 121

Hosts elsewhere:

Urticaceae      
Urtica     Spencer, 1990: 54
Urtica dioica Common Nettle Spencer, 1976: 44

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread. Surrey (Godalming), Middlesex (Scratch Wood) and Somerset (Portishead) (Spencer, 1972: 20); Cambridgeshire, East Gloucestershire, North Hampshire, North Somerset, West Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (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: 44), Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Poland, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Urtica dioica

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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