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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Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Agromyza errans Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 178.
Agromyza errans Meigen, 1830; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 26.
Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 40 (fig. 125), 44. Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 155, figs 281-2.


Life-style: Unknown, probably a stem-borer.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: July.

Distribution in Britain: Kent (Dartford and Tunbridge Wells), Herts (Felden), Oxford (Hill Copse, Hogley, Yarnton), Dunbarton (Bonhill) (Spencer, 1972b: 44) and Stafford (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 155), French mainland, Italian mainland, Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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