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Ophiomyia heracleivora Spencer, 1957 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Ophiomyia heracleivora Spencer, 1957e. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 26: 182. Ophiomyia heracleivora Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 30 (fig. 72), 31, 121. Ophiomyia heracleivora Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 127, 140, 160, 163, 164 (figs 593-4), 178.

Stem-mine: An external mine on stem or leaf stalk. Pupation either at leaf base or beneath epidermis of main stem (Spencer, 1972b: 31). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Posterior spiracles agree closely with those of O. orbiculata on Pisum (Spencer, 1972b: 31). Hosts in Britain: Asteraceae       Heracleum     Robbins, 1991: 67 Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Spencer, 1972b: 121 Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Heracleum     Spencer, 1990: 160 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in south, but not common. Surrey (Bookham), Middlesex (Scratch Wood) and Berks (Silwood Park) (Spencer, 1972b: 31). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Europe (Spencer, 1990: 163) including Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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