Dip: Agromyzidae
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Agromyza johannae (de Meijere, 1924)
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the larva is yellow
prominent spiracles can be seen

 

Food Plant: Cytisus scoparius (Broom), occasionally Genista (Greenweed) and Lupinus (Lupin)

Mine: late spring (sometimes also in late summer)

Notes: A narrow corridor along the leaf edge, turning and making a blotch in the midrib area and feeding there. the larva is yellow in colour (as shown)

Data: 08.v.2005, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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