Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 26: 182-3.
Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1966b. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35: 36.
Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10 (5g}: 16 (figs 14-15), 17, 111.


Stem-borer: Larva boring in stem. Pupation internal (Spencer, 1972: 17).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Posterior spiracles separated by own diameter, each with 14-18 well defined bulbs around the central small horn (Spencer, 1972: 15).

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Aster tripolium Sea Aster Spencer, 1972: 111

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Kent (Faversham), Essex (Flatford and Mersea), Glamorgan (Llanridian salt marsh) (Spencer, 1972: 36); East Kent and East Sussex (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 Czech Republic, Denmark, French mainland, Germany, Spanish mainland and The Netherlands (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Aster tripolium

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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