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Pegomya nigrisquama (Stein, 1888) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae] Chortophila nigrisquama Stein, 1888. Wien ent. Ztg 7: 290.

Leaf-mine: The pale-coloured mine runs on the upper side irregularly to the sides, in the middle with blackish spots, where the frass is deposited. It starts in the center of a leaf and without a small mine leading to a large mine. Many mines in a leaf could finally cover the whole leaf (British leafminers). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Asteraceae       Aster bellidiastrum   Ackland, 1978: 228 Aster bellidiastrum   British leafminers Solidago virgaurea Goldenrod Ackland, 1978: 228 Solidago virgaurea Goldenrod British leafminers Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Aster     Hering, 1957a Solidago     Hering, 1957a Time of year - mines: Autumn. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Recorded in Britain by Ackland (1978). Rarely found in the the UK. Recorded from Somerset, Oxford, Suffolk and Cambridge (British leafminers) and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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