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Phytomyza albiceps Meigen, 1830 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza albiceps Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 194. Phytomyza rydeniana Hering, 1949a. Opusc. ent. 14: 159. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 372]. Phytomyza rydeniana Hering, 1949a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 95, 96, 112, fig. 233B. Phytomyza albiceps Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 372, figs 646, 647A. Phytomyza albiceps Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 163, 251, 255, 256 (fig. 958), 305.

Leaf-mine: Long, irregular, whitish linear mine which turns brown when older and has conspicuous frass in large widely-spaced black lumps. Pupation external (Spencer, 1976: 371 (fig. 647A), 372). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Posterior spiracles each with 25 or more bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 372). Hosts in Britain: Asteraceae       Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle Spencer, 1972b: 112, as rydeniana Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Cirsium     Nederlandse bladmineerders Cirsium     Spencer, 1990: 251 Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle Spencer, 1976: 372 Time of year - mines: June-October. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: A boreal alpine species not known to occur south of York. York (Malham Tarn), Northumberland (Bamburgh) and Perth (Killin) (Spencer, 1972b). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 372), Belgium (de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 566), Austria, Czech Republic, French mainland, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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