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

 

Chromatomyia opacella (Hendel, 1935)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytomyza opacella Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 447
Phytomyza opacella subsp. glacialis Griffiths, 1954. Ent. Meddr. 32: 407
Phytomyza opacella Hendel, 1935; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 462-3, figs 809-11.
Chromatomyia opacella (Hendel, 1935); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 355, 356, 378 (fig. 1435), 379.
Phytomyza opacella Hendel, 1935; Winkler et al. 2009. Syst. ent. 34: 260-292.


Leaf-miner: Details 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.

Hosts elsewhere:

Poaceae        
Sesleria       Spencer, 1990: 356
Trisetum       Spencer, 1990: 355

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Added to British checklist by Henshaw in Chandler, 1998.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Finland, Norway, Sweden, [former] U.S.S.R., Faroe Is., Iceland (Spencer, 1976: 462), Poland (Spencer, 1990) and Czech Republic (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Host species unknown

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



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