Dip:Agromyzidae
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Aulagromyza luteoscutellata (de Meijere, 1924)
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larva exits the upper epidermis of the leaf

 

Food Plant: Lonicera etrusca (Honeysuckle). In Europe it is mostly found on L.xylosteum

Mine: June - July

Notes: A dark green cryptic mine which does not appreciably widen. The frass pattern can appear as a chevron shape. The larva exits to pupate through the upper epidermis (as shown). First discovered in the UK in 2007.

Data: 17.vi.2007, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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