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

 

Phytobia cerasiferae Kangas, 1955
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Phytobia cerasiferae Kangas, 1955. Annls ent. fenn. 21(4): 165
Phytobia cerasiferae Kangas, 1955; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 8, 40 (fig. 126-7), 44, 119
Phytobia cerasiferae Kangas, 1955; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 102, 104, 10 (fig. 374).


Stem-borer: Larva boring in stem, pupation in early spring in the ground (Spencer, 1972b: 44).

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.

The larva is described by Dempewolf (2001: 99).

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:

Rosaceae        
Prunus       Spencer, 1990: 104
Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum   Spencer, 1972b: 119
Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum   Spencer, 1990: 104
Prunus domestica Wild Plum British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Dempewolf, 2001: 99

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Early spring.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Kent (East Malling) (Spencer, 1972b: 44).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Germany (Spencer, 1990: 104; Dempewolf, 2001: 99), Corsica and French mainland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Prunus cerasifera

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Trachionus hians (Nees, 1816) Braconidae: Alysiinae


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m">Time of year - mines: ? July.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: England, as far north as Yorkshire (White, 1988: 38), including the Channel Is. (Fauna Europaea); Anglesey, Berkshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthemshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Man, Leicestershire, Mid Perthshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Monmouthshire, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Renfrewshire, Shropshire, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Wiltshire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk and Westmorland (NBN Atlas).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Merz and Korneyev, in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Throughout Europe, except the north (White, 1988: 38) including Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finald, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central and East, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Spanish mainland, Sweden Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Merz and Korneyev, in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the Near East (Korneyev, in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Confirmed host species records unknown

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Opius pallipes Wesmael, 1835 Braconidae: Opiinae


External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
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