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Phytomyza angelicastri
The larvae of the fly Phytomyza angelicastri mine the leaves of Wild Angelica and Ground Elder. This can be a variable leafmine though often linear, following the leaf margin but sometimes creating a blotch mine on the upper leaf surface.
See the National Agromyzidae Recording Scheme webpage for this species for further details of puparium and adult insect.
Phytomyza angelicae, Phytomyza archangelicae, Phytomyza chaerophylli and Phytomyza obscurella can all form identical mines.
ref.: Warrington, B.P. (2023). Phytomyza angelicastri. Accessed at https://agromyzidae.co.uk/species/agromyzidae/phytomyzinae/phytomyza/ph… on 13/12/2023)
Leafmine: The adult should be reared through and identified in order to establish the species.
Wherever the larval foodplants occur.
Click on the 'further details' link in the 'Description' section above. Then click on the Phenology tab which will provide phenology details for both adult and larval stages.
The larval leafmines can be found between June and November.
A rather local species in Britain.
Warrington, B. P. 2022. A provisional review of the status of Agromyzidae in Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Agromyzidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 07/07/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 07/07/2012 (Nicholls, David)
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