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Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a. Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 19: 33, 40. Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): PAGE. Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 86 (fig. 290), 90, 115. Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 494-5, figs 865-6. Phytomyza sedicola Hering, 1924a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 50, 98 (figs 350-1), 99. 101, 125, 140.

Leaf-mine: A shallow, irregularly linear mine which can develop into a secondary blotch (Spencer, 1972b: 90). Pupation internal, the puparium loose in the mine (Spencer, 1976: 494). Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1926) and Griffiths (1976c). Puparium: Brown (Spencer, 1976: 494). Hosts in Britain: Crassulaceae       Sedum telephium Orpine Spencer, 1972b: 115 Hosts elsewhere: Crassulaceae       Cotyledon     Spencer, 1990: 101 Sedum     Spencer, 1990: 101 Sedum cepaea Pink Stonecrop Nederlandse bladmineerders Sedum telephium Orpine Nederlandse bladmineerders Sedum telephium subsp. maximum   Spencer, 1976: 494 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: August. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Westmorland (Keswick) (Spencer, 1972b: 90). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 494), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 578), Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Halticoptera aenea (Walker, 1833) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Halticoptera patellana (Dalman, 1818) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Miscogaster hortensis Walker, 1833 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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