Dip:Agromyzidae
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Phytomyza chaerophylli (Kaltenbach,1856)
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a narrow mine following the leaf edge

 

Food Plant: haerophyllum spp.(Chervil), Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley), Conopodium majus (Pignut) and other umbellifers.

Mine: early Spring to late Summer

Pupa: Black, shiny

Notes: A narrow mine, follows leaf marginand forms secondary blotches. A common umbellifer miner

Data: herbarium specime, coll.Rob Edmunds

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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