Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966b. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35: 36.
Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966b; Spencer, 1972e. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 68, 111.
Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966b; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 274, 280 (fig. 1072), 281.
Phytomyza (Napomyza) asteroides Winkler, 2009. Syst. ent. 34: 261. Nom nov. for Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966b, preoccupied by Phytomyza tripolii de Meijere, 1924.


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

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Aster tripolium Sea Aster Spencer, 1972: 111

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Aster     Spencer, 1990: 274

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Probably widespread on salt marshes including Kent (Faversham) (Spencer, 1972: 68); Glamorgan (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 (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Germany (Spencer, 1990: 281), Denmark and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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

Aster tripolium

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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