Mine of Phytomyza hendeli on Anemone nemerosa Image: Patrick Roper (British leafminers)

Leaf-mine: Mine narrow, whitish, linear, normally adjoining margin of leaf; in small leaves can become blotch-like (Spencer, 1972: 91 (fig. 305); Spencer, 1976: 427, 429 (fig. 746)).

The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers.

Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1926).

Puparium: Black; posterior spiracles on short conical projections, each with an irregular ellipse of 18 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 427).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - mines: June.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Local. Somerset (nr Frome) (Spencer, 1972: 92); East Kent, East Sussex. Shropshire, Stafford and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below). Also recorded at Hoad's Wood, Sedlescombe, East Sussex (British leafminers).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in central and western Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 427), Germany (Bladmineerders van Europa), Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and The Netherlands (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea [127650]
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