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 rubivora (Coquillett, 1897)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Pegomyia rubivora (Coquillett, 1897). Can. Ent. 29: 162.
Anthomyia (Chortophila) dentiens Pandellé, 1900. Revue Ent. 19 (Suppl.): 268.
Chortophila laticornis Stein, 1914. Arch Naturgesch. 79A(8)(1913): 50.
Chortophila rubricola Enderlein, 1933. Z. angew. Ent. 20: 328.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rubiaceae      
Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble Mike Ackland, pers. comm.

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Berks, Bucks, Hunts, North Hants, Oxford and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Sweden (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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