Food Plant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp Agrimony)
Mine: Summer, early Autumn
Notes: A local and uncommon miner, forming a long linear mine often adjacent to a vein (as shown), which may be upper or lower surface. The frass is in pearl strings. Pupation is outside the mine.
Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 2
Data: 24.viii.2017, Bodnant Gardens, Conwy, Caernarvonshire, VC50, Wales
Image:© Barry Warrington
References:
Hering,
M (1957) - Bestimmungstabellen der Blattminen von Europa.
Robbins,
J (1990) - A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire.
Spencer, K.A (1972) - "Diptera: Agromyzidae" Handbooks for
the Identification of British Insects, Royal Entomological Society of
London.
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