Dip:Agromyzidae
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Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903)
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two developing mines

 

Food Plant: the Leguminosae - particularly Lathyrus(Peas) , Medicago (Lucerne and Medicks), Pisum (Garden Pea), Vicia (Vetches) and Astragalus glycyphyllos (Wild Liquorice)

Mine: early and late Summer

Notes: Forms an upper surface mine, with the frass in a green strips. The larva is yellow. Two developing mines are shown

Data: 17.vii.2009, Tonbridge, Kent, VC16

Image:© Keith Palmer

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