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Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862. Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 19: 21. Napomyza glechomae (Kaltenbach, 1862); Hendel, 1934. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 313. Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 96 (fig. 326), 97. Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 424, figs 737-8. Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 205, 207.

Leaf-mine: A distinctive mine with a short linear section at the beginning, then winding and forming a secondary blotch and finally a short straighter end section. Pupation internal or more normally the puparium falls to the ground (Spencer, 1972b: 96 (fig. 96), 97; Spencer, 1976: 324 (fig. 738). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Phytomyza glechomae on Glechoma hederacea. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is illustrated by Ellis (Nederlandse bladmineerdersNederlandse bladmineerders). Puparium: Brown (Spencer, 1976: 424). The puparium is illustrated by Ellis (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Hosts in Britain: Lamiaceae       Glechoma     Robbins, 1991: 103 Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy British leafminers Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Mines in BMNH Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Spencer, 1972b: 116 Hosts elsewhere: Lamiaceae       Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Spencer, 1976: 424 Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Spencer, 1990: 205 Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: May-August, October-November. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread. Surrey (Mickleham), London (Hampstead), Norfolk (Norwich), York (Croft area), Midlothian (Braid Hills) (Spencer, 1972b: 97), Hants (Crookham Village) (British leafminers), Bedford (Sandy) (British leafminers), Warwick (Dosthill, Hampton Wood and Ufton) (Robbins, 1991: 103), Cambridge, East Kent, East Suffolk, South-east York, Surrey and West Norfolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - GiGL and NE). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Poulavallen) (Spencer, 1972b: 97). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in western and central Europe including Finland, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 424), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 570), Czech Republic, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Miscogaster maculata Walker, 1833 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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