Phytoliriomyza scotica [Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytoliriomyza scotica Spencer, 1962
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytoliriomyza scotica Spencer, 1962. Entomologist's Gaz. 13(1): 18.
Phytoliriomyza scotica Spencer, 1962; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 5, 59, 61, figs 198-9.
Phytoliriomyza scotica Spencer, 1962; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 301.

Lifestyle: Unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Comments: It is now believed that Phytoliriomyza pilosella, described from Florida, may represent Phytoliriomyza scotica, but more detailed study will be necessary before this possible synonymy can be formally established (Spencer, 1990: 301).

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae
Cotula	australis	Annual Buttonweed	Spencer, 1990: 301

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: June-July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Dunbarton (Bonhill) (Spencer, 1962: 18; Spencer, 1972).

NBN Grid map:

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Distribution elsewhere: N. Germany (Spencer, 1972), Canary Islands (Gomera) (Spencer, 1990: 301), French mainland, Madeira and Portuguese mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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

Cotula australis

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.


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	Last updated 26-Jan-2012 Brian Pitkin