![]() Dip:Anthomyiidae
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Pegomya
nigrisquama (Stein, 1888)
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Food Plant: Solidago virgaurea (Golden-Rod), Aster bellidiastrum and could also develop in Bellis perennis (Daisy). Egg: Laid outside the leaf and visible at the beginning of the mine Mine: Autumn Pupa: In the ground Notes: The pale-coloured mine runs on the upper side irregularly to the sides, in the middle with blackish spots, where the frass is deposited. It starts in the center of a leaf and without a small mine leading to a large mine. Many mines in a leaf could finally cover the whole leaf. Rarely found in the the UK. Recorded from Somerset, Oxfordshire, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Mine shown is on Golden-Rod. Data: Hebarium specimen, coll.Rob Edmunds Image:© Rob Edmunds |
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