Napomyza hirticornis Hendel, 1932
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Napomyza hirticornis Hendel, 1932. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 315. Napomyza hirticornis Hendel, 1932; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 68.
Napomyza hirticornis Hendel, 1932; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 338, figs 613-5.
Napomyza hirticornis Hendel, 1932; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 230 (fig. 872), 231, 232, 251, 253.


Stem-borer: Larva an internal stem-borer (Spencer, 1972: 68).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Spencer, 1972: 112
Campanulaceae      
Jasione montana Sheep's-bit Spencer, 1972: 68, 110

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Spencer, 1990: 112
Campanulaceae      
Jasione montana Sheep's-bit Spencer, 1976: 338

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Middlesex (Scratch Wood), Glam. (Gower peninsula), Midlothian (Arniston) (Spencer, 1972: 68); Cambridgeshire, North Somerset and West Kent (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).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Fanore) (Spencer, 1972: 68).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Austria, Germany (Spencer, 1976: 338), Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland and Ukraine (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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

Centaurea nigra, Jasione montana

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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