The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

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: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Ranunculaceae        
Clematis vitalba Traveller's-joy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 118

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae        
Clematis       Spencer, 1990: 21
Clematis cirrhosa     Bladmineerders van Europa
Clematis vitalba Traveller's-joy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus lanuginosus     Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Isle of Wight (Spencer, 1972b: 84).

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

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Clematis cirrhosa, Clematis vitalba, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus auricomus, Ranunculus lingua

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.



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