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

  

Ophiomyia senecionina Hering, 1944
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Ophiomyia senecionina Hering, 1944a. Mitt. dt. ent. Ges. 12: 57
Ophiomyia senecionina Hering, 1944a; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 24 (figs 53-5), 27, 114
Ophiomyia senecionina Hering, 1944a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 292 (figs 1124-5), 293, 295.

Stem-mine: An external stem mine. Pupation in the mine (Spencer, 1972b: 27).

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).

Posterior spiracles each with 6-7 bulbs (Spencer, 1972b: 27).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Asteraceae        
Senecio erucifolius Hoary Ragwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 114
Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 114

Hosts elsewhere:

Fauna Europaea
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