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Phytomyza arnicae Hering, 1925 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza arnicae Hering, 1925. Z. Morph. Okol. Tiere 4: 511. Phytomyza arnicae Hering, 1925; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5 (1): 384-5, fig. 670-1. Phytomyza arnicae Hering, 1925; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 308, 309, 310 (fig. 1185).

Leaf-mine: Larva forming a short linear mine which develops into a large blotch (Spencer, 1976: 385 (fig. 671). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Black; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 20 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 385). Hosts in Britain: Unknown. Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Arnica     Spencer, 1990: 309 Arnica montana   Spencer, 1976: 385 Time of year- larvae: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Added to the British checklist by Henshaw (in Chandler, 1998). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Holarctic. Europe including Sweden (Spencer, 1990: 308), Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea), Also recorded in Canada (Spencer, 1990: 308). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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