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Phytomyza cytisi Brischke, 1880 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza cytisiBrischke, 1880. Schr. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 5(1-2): 246. Phytomyza cytisi Brischke, 1880; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 389. Phytomyza cytisi Brischke, 1880; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 71, 72 (fig. 235), 77, 117. Phytomyza cytisi Brischke, 1880; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 409-10, figs 716-7. Phytomyza cytisiBrischke, 1880; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 113, 138 (fig. 524), 139.

Leaf-mine: An irregular whitish, linear mine, frass in conspicuous black strips (Spencer, 1972b: 72 (fig. 235), 77; Spencer, 1976: 409 (fig. 717), 410). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Phytomyza cytisi on Laburnum anagyroides. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1926). Puparium: Yellow (brown); posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of up to 13 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 410). Hosts in Britain: Fabaceae       Laburnum     Robbins, 1991: 41 Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum Mines in BMNH Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum Spencer, 1972b: 117 Hosts elsewhere: Fabaceae       Cytisus     Spencer, 1990: 113 Laburnum     Spencer, 1990: 113 Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum Spencer, 1976: 410 Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July, October. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: London (Hampstead), Oxford (Oxford), Suffolk (Newmarket) (Spencer, 1972b: 77), Hants (Fleet) (British leafminers), Warwick (Coventry) (Robbins, 1991: 41) and Edinburgh (NBN Gateway distribution map - LWIC). Distribution elsewhere: Common in western Europe (Spencer, 1976: 409) including The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 570), Czech Republic, French mainland, Poland and Sweden (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Baryscapus spenceri Graham, 1991 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis liriomyzae Delucchi, 1954 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis pallipes (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis pentheus (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Diglyphus isaea (Walker) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Diglyphus minoeus (Walker) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Halticoptera aenea (Walker) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae Halticoptera circulus (Walker) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae Halticoptera patellana (Dalman) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae Halticoptera violacea Askew Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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