Pegomya interuptella (Zetterstedt, 1855)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Anthomyza interuptella Zetterstedt, 1855. Dipt. Scand. 12: 4742.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

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

Hosts in Britain:

Chenopodiaceae      
Chenopodium     Robbins, 1991: 36
? Chenopodium album Fat-hen Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228
Chenopodium album Fat-hen Robbins, 1983-7
Solanaceae      
? Solanum     Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228

Hosts elsewhere:

Chenopodiaceae      
Beta     Bladmineerders van Europa
? Chenopodium album Fat-hen Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228
Chenopodium hybridum Fat-hen Bladmineerders van Europa
Solanaceae      
? Solanum     Ackland in Chandler, 1978: 228
Solanum     Hering, 1957

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Warwickshire (Chadwick End and Coventry) (Robbins, 1991: 36).

NBN Grid map:

No map

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Germany (Teschner, 1999), Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finald, Germany, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia Northwest, Spanish mainland and Sweden (Michelsen, in Fauna Europaea).

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

Chenopodium album

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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