Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823b. Phytomyzides et Ochtidiae Sveciae : 2.
Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823b; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 439.
Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 88.
Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 455-6, figs 796-797.
Phytomyza nigripennis Fallén, 1823b; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) :21, 27, 28 (figs 60-1).


Stem-borer: Larva feeds internally in stem (Spencer, 1990: 27).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae      
Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Spencer, 1972: 88, adults only

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae      
? Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Spencer, 1976: 456
Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Spencer, 1990: 27

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: May.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Surrey (Selsdon), Sussex (Laughton), Oxford (Bagley) (Spencer, 1972: 88) and Lanark (Braidwood) (Bland, 1994c: 83); East Kent (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).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 456), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 574), Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

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Anemone nemorosa

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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