Food Plant: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup), Clematis and C. vitalba (Traveller's Joy), Anemone sylvestris (Snowdrop Anemone)
Mine: June-September
Notes: The larva forms a long narrow upper surface mine. Most mines start close to the leaf tip. The larva exits through a slit (shown above at the left end of the gallery). Pupation is external and the puparium pale brown - having posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 10 bulbs. Mine shown is on C.vitalbae. (Note: the miners on Clematis must be bred to identify as similar mines are formed).
Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 5
Data: 02.vii.2005, Noar Hill, Selbourne, Hants,VC12
Image:© Rob Edmunds
References:
Warrington BPW (2025) A new host genus detected for the
leaf-mining fly Phytomyza vitalbae Kaltenbach1872 (Diptera:
Agromyzidae), Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 38,
70-71
sponsored by Colin Plant Associates (UK) LLP/Consultant Entomologists
