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 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)
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


External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [127581]

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Last updated 18-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin