• HOME
• About
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Morphology
  • Recent Changes
• Checklists
• Genus Index
• Species Index
• Keys
  • By Host Plant Genus
  • By Host Plant Common Name
  • To Liromyza species in Glasshouse and/or Quarantine Interceptions
• Parasitoids
• References
• Resources
• Search

Agromyza vicifoliae Hering, 1932b. Z. PflKrankh. 42: 572
Agromyza vicifoliae Hering, 1932b; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 39, 118
Agromyza vicifoliae Hering, 1932b; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 145, figs 254-5.
Agromyza vicifoliae Hering, 1932b; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 127, 129 (fig. 463).

Leaf-miner: Mine initially linear, adjoining margin of leaf, later developing into a blotch, always on the mid-rib (Spencer, 1976: 145, fig. 265).

Blotch, preceded by a corridor that closely follows the leaf margin. The blotch is mined much deeper (and therefore more transparent) than the corridor. The blotch is precisely positioned over te midrib of the leaflet. Frass very sparingly in the corridor, in the blotch as a few large lumps. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Forms a blotch over the mid-rib without an initial gallery mine. Frass dispersed (British leafminers).

Mines of Agromyza vicifoliae on Vicia Image: © Rob Edmunds (British leafminers)

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.

Posterior spiracles each with 3 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 145).

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).

Yellowish-red (Spencer, 1976: 145).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Fabaceae
Vicia				British leafminers
Vicia				Spencer, 1972b: 118
Vicia	cracca	Tufted Vetch		Robbins, 1991: 46
Vicia	hirsuta	Hairy Tare		Robbins, 1991: 46
Vicia	sativa	Common Vetch		Mines in BMNH
Vicia	sepium	Bush Vetch		Robbins, 1991: 46

Hosts elsewhere:

Fabaceae
Vicia				Spencer, 1976: 145
Vicia				Spencer, 1990: 112
Vicia	cracca	Tufted Vetch		Spencer, 1976: 145
Vicia	cracca	Tufted Vetch		Bladmineerders van Europa
Vicia	hirsuta	Hairy Tare		Bladmineerders van Europa
Vicia	sepium	Bush Vetch		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: July.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread but local in Britain including Surrey (Box Hill), Dunbartonshire (Bonhill) (Spencer, 1972b: 39), Warwickshire (Ansley) (Robbins, 1991: 46) and Cambridgeshire,
Glamorgan and South Lancashire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread throughout much of continental Europe, including Norway, Sweden and Sicily (Spencer, 1976: 145), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 550), Belarus, Corsica, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: