![]() Dip:Drosophilidae
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Scaptomyza
graminum (Fallén, 1823)
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Food
Plant: Anthyllis
vulneraria (
Kidney Vetch), Atriplex
patula (Common Orache), Beta, Cerastium
fontanum subsp. holosteoides, Lychnis
flos-cuculi (Ragged-Robin), Myosoton, Nasturtium
officinale (Water-cress), Silene
dioica (Red Campion), Stellaria Egg: laid under the leaf Mine: March, June-July, September-October Notes: A thin gallery genereally leads to a white upper surface blotch in the centre of a leaf, from which lobes run off. The frass is accumulates in the periphery of the mine lobes and can give it a green colouration. There may be several larvae within a mine. Pupation is generally external but may also occur in a separate short pupal mine or in the stem. Data: Image: References: |
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