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Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851. Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)3: 404. Phytomyza robinaldi Goureau, 1851. Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2)9: 142. Phytomyza plantaginis Goureau, 1851. Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 9: 142. Phytomyza biseriata Hering, 1936. Dt. ent. Z. (N.F.). 1936: 77. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1963d: 2]. Phytomyza nannodes Hendel, 1935. Fliegen pal. Reg. 6(2): 435 [Synonymised by Spencer, 1963d: 2]. Phytomyza plantaginicaulis Hering, 1944a. Mitt. dt. ent. Ges. 13: 77. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1963d: 2]. Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1963d. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. Nr. 105: 2-4, figs 2a-2d. Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 84. Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 469-70, figs 826-7. Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 211, 212 (figs 793-4).

Leaf-mine: A narrow, whitish linear mine, normally in the leaf but more rarely also in the stem. Pupation at end of mine, with the anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis (Spencer, 1972b: 84). The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Phytomyza plantaginis on Plantago lanceolata. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1926), Sasakawa (1961) and Ellis (Nederlandse bladmineerders); posterior spiracles each with about 12 bulbs. Puparium: The puparium is illustrated by Ellis (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Whitish (Spencer, 1972b: 84). Hosts in Britain: Plantaginaceae       Plantago coronopus Buck's-horn Plantain Spencer, 1972b: 118 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Mines in BMNH Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Robbins, 1991: 105 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Spencer, 1972b: 118 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Bland, 1992 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Bland, 1994 Plantago major Greater Plantain Mines in BMNH Plantago major Greater Plantain Robbins, 1991: 105 Plantago major Greater Plantain Spencer, 1972b: 118 Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Mines in BMNH Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Spencer, 1972b: 118 Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Bland, 1994 Hosts elsewhere: Plantaginaceae       Plantago     Mines in BMNH Plantago     Spencer, 1976: 470 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Nederlandse bladmineerders Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Mines in BMNH Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Spencer, 1976: 470 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Spencer, 1990: 211 Plantago major Greater Plantain Nederlandse bladmineerders Plantago major Greater Plantain Mines in BMNH Plantago major Greater Plantain Spencer, 1976: 470 Plantago major Greater Plantain Spencer, 1990: 211 Plantago raoullii   Mines in BMNH Time of year - mines: June-November. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Common and widespread throughout Britain (Spencer, 1972b: 84), Inner Hebrides (Isle of Coll) (Bland, 1992), Rum (Bland, in Whiteley, 1994), Warwick (Keresley) (Robbins, 1991: 105), East Kent, Stafford (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC and NE) and the Channel Is. (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in Ireland (Spencer, 1972b: 84). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Cosmopolitan. Europe, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 469), Germany, Canary Islands (Mines in BMNH), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (Scheirs et al., 1994; van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos, 1982), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 469), Azores, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, European Turkey, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland and Yugoslavia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Range extending east to the Kirghiz and Uzbek Republics of the [former] U.S.S.R. (Spencer, 1976: 469). Also recorded in Japan, Australia, Canada, the U.S.A. (Spencer, 1976: 469) and New Zealand, where it has probably been introduced and appears to be parthenogenetic (Spencer, 1990: 212). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Diglyphus isaea (Walker, 1838) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Hemiptarsenus ornatus (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Pnigalio pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Halticoptera aenea (Walker, 1833) Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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