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 setaria (Meigen, 1826)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Anthomyia setaria Meigen, 1826. Syst. Beschr. 5: 178.
Anthomyza salicis Zetterstedt, 1837. Isis, Leipzig. 1837: 45.
Anthomyza salicis Zetterstedt, 1838. Insecta Lapp. : 692.
Anthomyza calceolata Zetterstedt, 1845. Dipt. Scand. 4: 1704.
Anthomyia grossa Brischke, 1881. Schr. naturf. Ges. Danzig. (N.F.) 5: 268.


Leaf-mine: Blotch mine. The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Mine of Pegomya setaria on Fallopia baldschuchianica . Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)
Mine of Pegomya setaria on Fallopia baldschuchianica.
Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Larva: The larva is described by Ellis (Nederlandse bladmineerders).

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Polygonaceae    
Fallopia aubertii Robbins, 1991: 69
Fallopia baldschuanica Russian-vine Ackland, 1978: 228
Fallopia baldschuanica Russian-vine Robbins, 1991: 69
Fallopia convolvulus Black-bindweed Ackland, 1978: 228
Fallopia convolvulus Black-bindweed Robbins, 1991: 69
Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Robbins, 1991: 69

Hosts elsewhere:

Polygonaceae      
Fallopia aubertii   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fallopia convolvulus Black-bindweed Nederlandse bladmineerders
? Persicaria     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Polygonum     Hering, 1957a

Time of year - mines: June-September.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Warwick (Coventry, Brownhill, Sutton Coldfield and Tile Hill) (Robbins, 1991: 69), Hants (Fleet) (British leafminers), North Hants, Oxford and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (Gosseries & Ackland, 1991), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, Slovakia and Sweden (Michelsen, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 18-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin