Phytomyza affinis Fallén, 1823
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza affinis Fallén, 1823b. Phytomyzides et Ochtidiae Sveciae : 3.
Phytomyza affinis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 84, 85 (fig. 277), 120.
Phytomyza affinis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 369-70, figs 642-643.
Phytomyza affinis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) :222, 226 (fig. 853), 227.


Seed-feeder: Larvae feeding in seeds (Spencer, 1972); pupation external (Bland, 1992).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Scrophulariaceae      
Euphrasia     Bland, 1992
Euphrasia brevipila   Spencer, 1972: 120
Euphrasia micrantha Common Slender Eyebright Spencer, 1972: 120
Euphrasia nemorosa Common Eyebright Spencer, 1972: 120

Hosts elsewhere:

Scrophulariaceae      
Euphrasia     Spencer, 1976: 369
Euphrasia     Spencer, 1990: 222

Time of year - larvae: August.

Time of year - adults: August and July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Inner Hebrides (Isle of Coll) (Bland, 1992); Pembrokeshire and Surrey (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Burren) (Spencer, 1972: 84).

NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland (Spencer, 1976: 369), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 566), Austria, Belgium ? Corsica, Czech Republic, European Turkey, French mainland, Iceland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Madeira, Poland, Sardinia, Slovakia and The Netherlands (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Canada (Spencer, 1969a: 225).

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

Euphrasia brevipila, Euphrasia micrantha, Euphrasia nemorosa

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chrysocharis amyite (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Diglyphus isaea (Walker, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Seladerma tarsale (Walker, 1833) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae


External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea [127473]
NBN Gateway
Find using Google
Find using Google Scholar
Find images using Google


Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional
Last updated 26-Jan-2012  Brian Pitkin Top of page