Pseudonapomyza lacteipennis [Diptera: Agromyzidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

Pseudonapomyza lacteipennis (Malloch, 1913)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza lacteipennis Malloch, 1913b. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 46: 152
Pseudonapomyza lacteipennis (Malloch, 1913b); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 68, 69.

Lifestyle: Unknown.

Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown, but certainly Poaceae (Spencer, 1972b: 69).

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown. Not included in Spencer (1990).

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: August.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Devon (Dawlish Warren) (Spencer, 1972b: 69). Easterness (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Continental Europe including French mainland, Germany and Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the U.S.A. and Canada (Spencer, 1969a: 210).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Host species unknown

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.


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