es of British flies and other insects
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

  

Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864. Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 21: 265
Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 72 (fig. 324Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g)), 77, 117
Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 214, 220 (fig. 827), 221.

Stem- and seed-feeder: Larvae feeding in seed-head and stem, pupating externally (Spencer, 1972b: 77).

Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Orobanchaceae        
Orobanche       Spencer, 1972b: 117

Hosts elsewhere:

Orobanchaceae        
Orobanche       Spencer, 1990: 215

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Local but probably Widespread in Britain including Hertfordshire (nr. Ivinghoe), Huntingdonshire (Leckford) (Spencer, 1972b: 77) and North Hampshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including European Turkey, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Malta, Sicily, Spanish mainland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in western Asia (Spencer, 1990: 215).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Host species unknown

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chalcidoidea   
Diglyphus isaea (Walker, 1838) Eulophidae: Eulophinae
Baryscapus adalia (Walker 1839) Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae
Baryscapus galactopus (Ratzeburg, 1844) Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae
Tetrastichus atratulus (Nees, 1834) Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Phaedrotoma exigua Wesmael, 1835 Braconidae: Opiinae

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