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 stolonigena Hering, 1949
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza stolonigena Hering, 1949c. Entomon. 1: 208.
Phytomyza stolonigena Hering, 1949c; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 22, 43, 45 (fig. 165), 50.


Leaf-mine: Mine runs along petiole, with offshoots into the leaf blade (Spencer, 1990). Pupation external (Nederlandse bladmineerders).

Mine of Phytomyza stolonigena on Ranunculus repens. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)
Mine of Phytomyza stolonigena on Ranunculus repens.
Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae      
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Spencer, 1990: 43

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae      
Ranunculus     Spencer, 1990: 22
Ranunculus     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ranunculus lanuginosus   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: London (Hampstead) (Spencer, 1990: 43).

NBN Distribution maps of known host species:

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Germany (Mecklenberg) (Spencer, 1990), The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Lithuania and Poland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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