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 (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Comments: Ackland in Chandler (1978) did not indicate whether his host records were British or Foreign and is therefore included under 'Hosts in Britain' and 'Hosts elsewhere

Hosts in Britain:

Chenopodiaceae      

? Beta

    Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens
? Chenopodium hybridum Maple-leaved Goosefoot Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens
? Chenopodium urbicum Upright Goosefoot Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens

Hosts elsewhere:

Chenopodiaceae      
Beta     Hering, 1957

? Beta

    Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens
? Chenopodium hybridum Maple-leaved Goosefoot Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens
? Chenopodium urbicum Upright Goosefoot Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228, as esuriens
Chenopodium     Hering, 1957
Chenopodium urbicum Upright Goosefoot Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain incluidng Easterness, North Devon, South Lancaster and West Suffolk (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).

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

Also recorded in China, Japan and Egypt.

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

Chenopodium hybridum, Chenopodium urbicum

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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