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Ophiomyia
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Food Plant: Cicerbita spp.(Blue sow-thistle), Leontodon spp.(Hawkbit), Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle), Taraxacum officinale agg (Dandelion) Mine: Spring and Summer Notes: Forms a mine along the midrib and has feeding spurs into the leaf. Pupariation is in the mine at the base of the midrib. Data: 30.vi.2007, Fleet, Hants,VC12 Image:© Rob Edmunds Recording Grade: 5 |
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