Melanagromyza fabae Spencer, 1973
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Melanagromyza fabae Spencer, 1973a. Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance : 41.
Melanagromyza fabae Spencer, 1973a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 126 (figs 450-1), 127.


Root-feeder: Larva feeds and pupates in root (Spencer, 1990: 127).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Fabaceae      
Vicia faba Broad Bean Spencer, 1990: 112

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: England (Spencer, 1990: 127).

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Distribution elsewhere: Germany and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Vicia faba

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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