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Melanagromyza limata Spencer, 1971 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Melanagromyza limata Spencer, 1971a. Entomologist's Gaz. 22: 150. Melanagromyza limata Spencer, 1971a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 16 (figs 16-17), 17. Melanagromyza limata Spencer, 1971a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 160, 162 (fig. 590), 163.

Life-style: Unknown. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Comments: Like other species of Melanagromyza it is likely to be a stem or root borer or galler. Hosts in Britain: Unknown. Hosts elsewhere: Apiaceae       Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Spencer, 1990: 160 Time of year - larvae: Unknown. Time of year - adults: June. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Described from a single specimen collected in north Wales, Denbigh (Cefn-y-bedd) (Spencer, 1972b: 17) and subsequently reared from Heracleum sphondylium in south Wales (Spencer, 1990). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Belgium and Germany (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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