Biology:Chromatomyia scolopendri

Short description: Species of fly

Chromatomyia scolopendri
Mine on hart's-tongue fern
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Agromyzidae
Genus:	Chromatomyia
Species:	C. scolopendri
Binomial name
Chromatomyia scolopendri (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851)
Synonyms
Phytomyza scolopendri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851 Phytomyza scolopendri Goureau, 1851 Chromatomyia scolopendri (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851)

Chromatomyia scolopendri is a species of leaf-mining fly in the family Agromyzidae, of the order Diptera. The larva mine the leaves of ferns. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1851 and is found in Europe (Denmark, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Ireland and Poland; also in Thrace).

Life history

The larvae are leaf miners and feed in a long (up to 10 cm), greenish corridor with the frass, in an almost uninterrupted line. In small ferns, the mine follows the edge and become a blotch, while in larger leaves, where space is not limited the long linear mine can curve smoothly and can also mine the midrib. Pupation is usually within the mine.

It had been recorded on rustyback (Asplenium ceterach), wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria), hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium), forked spleenwort (Asplenium septentrionale) and common polypody (Polypodium vulgare).

Distribution

Found in Europe, from Poland to Ireland, and from Italy and the Iberian Peninsula to Denmark .

Parasitoids

• Chorebus punctum (Goureau, 1851)
• Apodesmia posticatae (Fischer, 1957)

External links

• Agromyzidae of Great Britain & Ireland

Wikidata ☰ Q14428788 entry