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Phytomyza sphondyliivora Spencer, 1957 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza sphondyliivora Spencer, 1957a. Entomologist's Gaz. 8: 23. Phytomyza sphondyliivora Spencer, 1957a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 7, 78 (fig. 260), 81, 121. Phytomyza sphondyliivora Spencer, 1957a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 160, 175, 176 (fig. 658), 178.

Leaf-mine: Mine inter-parenchymal, greenish-yellow, not always readily visible, an irregular linear-blotch (Spencer, 1972b: 78 (fig. 260)). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers. Larva: The larva is described Hering (1955a: 280, as Ph. sp). Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Apiaceae       Heracleum     Robbins, 1991: 67 Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed British leafminers Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Spencer, 1972b: 121 Hosts elsewhere: Apiaceae       Heracleum     Spencer, 1990: 160 Heracleum     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: London (Hampstead), Dorset (Studland), Wilts (Corsham), Somerset (Cheddar), Hunts (Monk's Wood) (Spencer, 1972b: 81) and Warwick (Keresley) (Robbins, 1991: 67). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Europe (Spencer, 1990: 178) including ? Austria, French mainland, ? Germany and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Stictomischus groschkei Delucchi, 1953 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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