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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Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920. Arch. Naturgesch. 84A(7) (1918): 159.
Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920; Hendel, 1934. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 329.
Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 77, 118.
Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 364-6, figs 633-5.
Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 21, 26 (figs 58-9), 27, 50.


Leaf-mine: Larvae feeding communally, as many as six together, forming large blackish blotch (Spencer, 1972b: 77).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Dark brown, somewhat elongate (Spencer, 1972b: 77).

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae      
Aconitum     Mines in BMNH
Aconitum     Robbins, 1991: 26
Aconitum spp.   Spencer, 1972b: 118
Delphinium     Mines in BMNH
Delphinium     Robbins, 1991: 26
Delphinium spp.   Spencer, 1972b: 118
Delphinium elatum Alpine Delphinium Mines in BMNH

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae      
Aconitum     Spencer, 1976: 366
Aconitum     Spencer, 1990: 21
Aconitum     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Delphinium     Spencer, 1976: 366
Delphinium     Spencer, 1990: 21
Delphinium     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: June-July.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Widespread in gardens. London (Bucks Palace Gardens), Surrey (Kew Gardens, Wisley RHS Gardens), Hants (Ringwood), Suffolk (Newmarket) (Spencer, 1972b: 77) and Warwick (Coventry) (Robbins, 1991: 26).

Distribution elsewhere: Holarctic. Widespread in Europe, including Denmark, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 366), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 566), Czech Republic, French mainland and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the eastern U.S.A. and Canada (Quebec) (Spencer, 1976: 366).

Parasitoids:

Chrysocharis crassiscapus (Thomson, 1878) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


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Last updated 18-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin