Ophiomyia nasuta Melander, 1913
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Agromyza nasuta Melander, 1913. Jl. N. Y. ent. Soc. 21: 260, as a var. of maura.
Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913). Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 71-2, figs 87-8.


Leaf-mine: Larva mines from the midrib. Pupation in the base of the hollow midrib (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Taraxacum     Spencer, 1976: 72
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Added to the British checklist by Gibbs (2006a).

NBN Grid map:

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Germany, [former] Czechoslovakia, the [former] U.S.S.R., Denmark, Sweden and Finland (Spencer, 1976: 71), Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Hunagry, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the East Palaearctic (Martinez in Fauna Europaea) and Canada (Spencer, 1976: 71).

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

Taraxacum officinale

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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