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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Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Agromyza arctica Lundbeck, 1901. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk. naturh. Foren. 1900 (6)2: 304.
Odinia immaculata Coquillet, 1902. J. New York ent. Soc. 10: PAGE.
Agromyza halterata Becker, 1908b. Zeitschr. f. Hym. u. Dipt. VIII: 169.
Agromyza formosensis Malloch, 1914. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. hung. 12: 315.
Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901); Spencer, 1964b. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) vii: 659-60.
Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 61, 115.
Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 292-4, figs 524-6.
Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 153, 259, 262 (fig. 978), 274, 275.


Stem-mine: External stem-miner (Spencer, 1972b: 61).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae    
Sonchus oleraceus Robbins, 1991: 125
Sonchus oleraceus Spencer, 1972b: 61, 115

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae    
Crepis   Spencer, 1990: 259
Lapsana   Spencer, 1990: 259
Solidago canadensis Spencer, 1990: 275
Sonchus   Spencer, 1976: 294
Sonchus   Spencer, 1990: 259

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: July-August.

Distribution in Britain: Uncommon, but locally abundant. London (Cripplegate), Essex (Flatford) and Hunts (Woodwalton Fen) (Spencer, 1972b: 61).

Distribution elsewhere: Cosmopolitan. Europe including Denmark, Finland (Spencer, 1976: 294), Azores, Balearic Is., Canary Is, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Madeira, Poland, Sicily, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Brazil (Spencer, 1976: 294) and Canada (Spencer, 1969a: 202; Spencer, 1990: 275), Afro-tropical, Australian, East Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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