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

 

Liriomyza intonsa Spencer, 1976
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Liriomyza intonsa Spencer, 1976


? Leaf-mine: Details unknown (Bladmineerders van Europa).

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:

Unknown        

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae        
Matricaria discoidea     Bladmineerders van Europa
Tripleurospermum maritimum     Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Distribution elsewhere: The few observations known are distributed all over Europe Gibbs & von Tschirnhaus, 2016a). (Bladmineerders van Europa)

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Matricaria discoidea, Tripleurospermum maritimum

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist

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