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Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927a. Zool. Anz. 69: 266. Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927a; Nowakowski, 1959. Dt. ent. Z. [2] 6: 198. Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 89 (figs 295-6), 90, 116, 117. Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927a; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 514-5, figs 899-900. Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel, 1927a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 205, 207.

Leaf-mine: Mine beginning with a small spiral, later developing into a greenish blotch, frequently at leaf margin, brown when old. Pupation internal or external (Spencer, 1972b: 89 (figs 296), 90). Larva: Posterior spiracles each with 23-25 bulbs (Nederlandse bladmineerders). Puparium: Yellowish-brown in summer generation, deep black in winter generation; posterior spiracles on conspicuous conical projections each with a double ellipse of 23-25 bulbs (Spencer, 1972b: 90). Hosts in Britain: Lamiaceae       Mentha     Robbins, 1991: 100 Mentha     Bland, 1994c: 84 Mentha aquatica Water Mint Mines in BMNH Mentha aquatica Water Mint Spencer, 1972b: 116 Mentha longifolia Horse Mint Spencer, 1972; 116 Mentha suaveolens Round-leaved Mint Mines in BMNH Mentha suaveolens Round-leaved Mint Spencer, 1972b: 117 Hosts elsewhere: Lamiaceae       Mentha spp.   Spencer, 1990: 207 Mentha aquatica Water Mint Nederlandse bladmineerders Mentha aquatica Water Mint Spencer, 1976: 514 Mentha arvensis Corn Mint Nederlandse bladmineerders Mentha arvensis Corn Mint Spencer, 1976: 514 Mentha longifolia Horse Mint Nederlandse bladmineerders Mentha rotundifolia False Apple-mint Spencer, 1976: 514 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread. London (Hampstead), Hants (I.o.W., Niton), Hunts (Woodwalton Fen), Norfolk (Norwich), Denbigh (Cefn-y-bedd) (Spencer, 1972b: 80), Midlothian (Duddingstone Loch) (Bland, 1994c: 84), Warwick (Brandon Marsh) (Robbins, 1991: 100) and Hunts (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Dublin (Spencer, 1972b: 90). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Belgium (Scheirs, de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1995), Denmark, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 514), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 578), Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corsica, Czech Republic, European Turkey, French mainland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis viridis (Nees, 1934) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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