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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Pegomya conformis (Fallén, 1825)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Musca conformis Fallén, 1825. Monogr. Musc. Sveciae 9: 82.
Anthomyia egens Meigen, 1826. Syst. Beschr. 5: 181.
Anthomyia esuriens Meigen, 1826. Syst. Beschr. 5: 181. [Synonymised by Michelson, 1979].
Anthomyza mimula Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1707.
Chortophila chenopodii Rondani, 1866. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. Milano 9: 156.
Anthomyia rogenhoferi Strobl, 1880. Progr. K. K. Obergymn. Benediktiner Seitenstetten 1880: 25.


Leaf-mine: Mine indistinguishable from that of P. hyoscyami.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Chenopodiaceae      
Beta     Ackland, 1978: 228, as esuriens
Chenopodium hybridum Maple-leaved Goosefoot Ackland, 1978: 228, as esuriens
Chenopodium urbicum Upright Goosefoot Ackland, 1978: 228, as esuriens

Hosts elsewhere:

Chenopodiaceae      
Beta     Hering, 1957a
Chenopodium     Hering, 1957a
Chenopodium     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Unknown.

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including The Netherlands (de Meijere, 1939), Belgium (Gosseries & Ackland, 1991), Denmark, Germany and Sweden (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in China, Japan and Egypt.

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Fauna Europaea [129557]
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