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Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858. Wien. ent. Mschr. 2: 77. Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858; Hendel, 1934. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 361. Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 72 (figs 237-8), 79, 113. Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5 (1): 391-2, figs 681-3. Phytomyza bipunctata Loew, 1858; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 249, 250 (fig. 933), 320.

Leaf-mine: A narrow, whitish linear mine with frass in a conspicuous, almost unbroken line at alternate sides of the channel (Spencer, 1972b: 72 (fig. 238); Spencer, 1976: 381 (fig. 682), 392). The mine isillustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Phytomyza bipunctata on Echinops sp. Image: Rob Edmunds. (Source: UK Leafmines) Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Black; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of up to 12 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 392). Hosts in Britain: Asteraceae       ? Echinops     Mines in BMNH Echinops     British leafminers Echinops bannaticus Blue Globe-thistle Mines in BMNH Echinops bannaticus Blue Globe-thistle Spencer, 1972b: 113 Echinops commutatus   Spencer, 1972b: 113 Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Echinops     Spencer, 1976: 291 Echinops     Spencer, 1990: 249 Echinops sphaerocephalus Glandular Globe-thistle Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June-September. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: London (Hampstead), Surrey (Kew Gardens) (Spencer, 1972b: 79) and Berks (Maidehead) (British leafminers). Distribution elsewhere: Europe, particularly in gardens, including Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 391), The Netherlands, Belgium (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 570), European Turkey, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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