Food Plant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp Agrimony), Inula conyzae (Ploughman's-spikenard), Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy), Senecio jacobaea ( Common Ragwort)

Mine: unknown

Notes: The larva is an internal stem borer, which also pupariates internally. The puparium has a small, lightly sclerotized, central horn in each of the posterior spiracles, surrounded by a ring of 10-12 bulbs. The puparium is a pale whitish-yellow (as shown). The puparium shown is in Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp Agrimony)

Data: 25.i.2019, Painswick Beacon, East Gloucestershire, VC33

Image:© Robert Homan

Recording Grade: 5

References:
Papp L & Cerný M (2015), Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Hungary,1, Agromyzinae
Spencer, KA (1972) -Diptera, Agromyzidae; Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 10
Spencer K A (1990), Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera)