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Phytoliriomyza dorsata (Siebke, 1864) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Agromyza dorsata Siebke, 1864. Nyt. Nag. Naturvid. 12: 169. Lemurimyza dorsata (Siebke, 1864); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 50, 59 (fig. 203), 61. Phytoliriomyza dorsata (Siebke, 1864); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 294-5, figs 528-530.

Life-style: Unknown. Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Details unknown. Comments: The larvae are almost certainly not leaf-miners but probably feed internally either in stems of flower-heads (Spencer, 1972b: 61). Hosts in Britain: Unknown. Hosts elsewhere: Unknown. Time of year - larvae: Unknown. Time of year - adults: June, August. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Uncommon. Stafford (Madeley), Brecknock (Cusop) (Spencer, 1972b: 61). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Holarctic. Europe including Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 295), ? Corsica, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea) Also recorded from East Palaearctic (Martinez in Fauna Europaea), U.S.A. and Canada (Spencer, 1976: 295). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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