Phytoliriomyza arctica [Diptera: Agromyzidae]

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 Yorkshire 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, 1972. 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, 1972: 61).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae
Sonchus	oleraceus	Smooth Sow-thistle	Robbins, 1991: 125
Sonchus	oleraceus	Smooth Sow-thistle	Spencer, 1972: 61, 115

Hosts elsewhere:

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

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: July-August.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Uncommon, but locally abundant including London (Cripplegate), Essex (Flatford) and Huntingdonshire (Woodwalton Fen) (Spencer, 1972: 61).

NBN Grid map:

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Distribution elsewhere: Cosmopolitan. Widespread in continental 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).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Sonchus oleraceus, Solidago canadensis

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.


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	Last updated 26-Jan-2012 Brian Pitkin