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Pegomya holosteae (Hering, 1924) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae] Hylemyia holosteae Hering, 1924b. Z. Morph. Okol. Tiere 2: 232.

Leaf-mine: Mine a very long and straight corridor, only after a change of leaf, blotch-like. Corridor first following leaf margin, turning round at the apex, then blotch like and running towards the leaf base. Frass often indistinctly delimited and faded, blackish green. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Caryophyllaceae       Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Ackland, 1978: 228 Cerastium alsine   Ackland, 1978: 228 Cerastium triviale   Ackland, 1978: 228 Stellaria holostea   Ackland, 1978: 228 Hosts elsewhere: Caryophyllaceae       Cerastium     Griffiths, 1982 Stellaria     Hering, 1957a Stellaria     Griffiths, 1982 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: North Wilts (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Andorra, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Northwest, Spanish mainland and Sweden (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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