The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Phytomyza rapunculi Hendel, 1927
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza rapunculi Hendel, 1927a. Zool. Anz. 69: 265.
Phytomyza rapunculi Hendel, 1927a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 231, 232 (figs 874-5), 400.


Life-style: Unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain: Unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Campanulaceae      
Campanula spp.   Spencer, 1990: 231
Phyteuma spp.   Spencer, 1990: 231

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Added to the British checklist by Henshaw (in Chandler, 1998).

NBN Distribution maps of known host species:

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including the Bavarian Alps, the Polish Tartra Mountains and central Sweden (Spencer, 1990: 231), Austria, Germany and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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