Phytosciara halterata Lengersdorf, 1926
[Diptera: Sciaridae]


Sciara halterata Lengersdorf, 1926. Konowia 5: 250.


Leaf-mine: Full depth, initially a much branched corridor, irregular in width, in the end almost a blotch. The mine has openings by which part of the frass is ejected. The larvae frequently leave the mine to restart elsewhere. Older larva live free and cause window feeding, often erasing their old mines. In Coltsfoot also pseudo-mines are made, when the larva eats away the lower epidermis with the leaf tissue, but spares the dense hair cover (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Elongate, without feet, but with a recognisable head capsule (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Puparium: Details unknown.

Comments: Ranunculus ficaria is treated as Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) by Stace (2010).

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae      
Ranunculus     Menzel et al., 2006

Host elsewhere:

Adoxaceae      
Adoxa moschatellina Moschatel Bladmineerders van Europa
Asteraceae      
Arctium lappa Greater Burdock Bladmineerders van Europa
Arctium minus Greater Burdock Bladmineerders van Europa
Carduus crispus Welted Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Carduus nutans Musk Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Cirsium oleraceum Cabbage Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Bladmineerders van Europa
Petasites albus White Butterbur Bladmineerders van Europa
Senecio     Hering, 1957
Senecio ovatus Wood Ragwort Bladmineerders van Europa
Tussilago farfara Colt's-foot Bladmineerders van Europa
Adoxaceae      
Adoxa     Hering, 1957
Brassicaceae      
Lobularia maritima Sweet Alison Bladmineerders van Europa
Boraginaceae      
Myosotis     Hering, 1957
Myosotis palustris Common Water Forget-Me-Not Bladmineerders van Europa
Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-me-not Bladmineerders van Europa
Pulmonaria officinalis Lungwort Bladmineerders van Europa
Caryophyllaceae      
Silene dioica Red Campion Bladmineerders van Europa
Lamiaceae      
Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Bladmineerders van Europa
Lamium maculatum Spotted Dead-nettle Bladmineerders van Europa
Lycopus europaeus Gypsywort Bladmineerders van Europa
Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Bladmineerders van Europa
Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort Bladmineerders van Europa
Menyanthaceae      
Menyanthes     Hering, 1957
Plantaginaceae      
Plantago major Greater Plantain Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculaceae      
Caltha     Hering, 1957
Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus     Hering, 1957
Ranunculus acris   Bladmineerders van Europa, as Ranunculus acer
Ranunculus breyninus   Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus lanuginosus   Bladmineerders van Europa
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Bladmineerders van Europa
Saxifragaceae      
Chrysosplenium     Hering, 1957
Chrysosplenium alternifolium Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Unknown.

NBN Grid map:

No map

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Poland (Heller, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Adoxa moschatellina, Arctium lappa, Arctium minus, Caltha palustris, Carduus crispus, Carduus nutans, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium oleraceum, Cirsium palustre, Cirsium vulgare, Glechoma hederacea, Lamium maculatum, Lobularia maritima, Lycopus europaeus, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis sylvatica, Petasites albus, Plantago major, Prunella vulgaris, Pulmonaria officinalis, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus ficaria (= Ficaria verna), Ranunculus repens, Senecio ovatus, Silene dioica, Stachys sylvatica, Tussilago farfara

Also recorded in Algeria.

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.

 


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