Biology:Phytomyza chaerophylli

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Short description: Species of insect

Phytomyza chaerophylli
Phytomyza chaerophylli mines.jpg
Mine on cow parsley
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Genus: Phytomyza
Species:
P. chaerophylli
Binomial name
Phytomyza chaerophylli
Kaltenbach, 1856
Synonyms

Phytomyza chaerophylli is a species of leaf mining fly in the family Agromyzidae which is found in Europe.

Description

The larvae make a short upper-surface gallery following a leaf margin which widens, so that within the confined limits of some umbelliferous leaves often forms a secondary blotch. The frass is in two untidy rows of isolated grains. Larvae leave the leaf through a semi-circular slit in the lower epidermis to pupate in the soil.[1][2] Plant species which the fly larva feed on include Sison amomum.[3]

Mines and larvae can be found throughout the winter, the first generation from April to July although larvae can be found feeding through most of the year.[2]

Distribution

Widespread and common throughout much of Europe.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14235049 entry