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Phytomyza angelicae (Kaltenbach, 1872)
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forms yellow blotch mines

Food Plant: Angelica sylvestris (Angelica)

Mine: Bivoltine: summer & early autumn

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: A conspicuous, yellowish, almost circular upper surface blotch. Normally several mines on a leaf which may run together giving the impression of a single mine. Widespread throughout the country.

Data: 14.x.2003

Image:© Colin Plant

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