Food Plant: Ammophila arenaria (Marram), Dactylis sp.,Elymus spp., Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass), Triticum aestivum (Bread Wheat) Elsewhere: Hordeum vulgare (Six-rowed Barley), Lolium sp., Milium sp., Secale cereale (Rye)

Mine: May;August

Notes: The shallow greenish mine runs towards the leaf apex and can widen into a blotch. Pupariation is within the mine and the puparium formed is a shiny brownish black, not anchored by a thread. The puparium is shown just below the top of the mine. A common grassland species. The mine shown looks typical but the adult needs to be reared to confirm this identification.

Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 5

Data: 01.ix.2023, Downham Market, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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Warrington BP (2023) - The leaf-mining fly Cerodontha (Poemyza) lateralis (Macquart) (Diptera:Agromyzidae) reared fro European marram grass, Dipterists Digest 30(1) 54