The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds.


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Napomyza tripolii Spencer, 1966
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]
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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.


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 & Ireland: Probably widespread on salt marshes. Kent (Faversham) (Spencer, 1972: 68).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Grid map:

No map.

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

NBN interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and elsewhere:

Aster tripolium

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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