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 clematidis Kaltenbach, 1859
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza clematidis Kaltenbach, 1859. Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 16: 267.
Phytomyza clematidis Kaltenbach, 1859; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 84, 118.
Phytomyza clematidis Kaltenbach; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) :21, 33.


Seed-feeder: Larva feeding in seed-head (Spencer, 1972b: 118).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae      
Clematis vitalba Traveller's-joy Spencer, 1972b: 118

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae      
Clematis     Spencer, 1990: 21

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adult: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Hants (I.o.W.) (Spencer, 1972b: 84).

NBN Distribution maps of known host species:

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Balearic Is., Dodecanese Is., European Turkey, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Malta, Spanish mainland, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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