BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Chromatomyia primulae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) (a leaf-mining fly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Chromatomyia primulae Pupa 12 June 2002 Berks England 20

Suggested Literature

Chromatomyia primulae may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
ACALYPTRATA
(acalypterate flies)
AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Chromatomyia primulae is associated with:

larva Primula - cowslips and primroses (Primulaceae) larva mines leaf Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, white, linear, with frass in conspicuous, widely spaced black lumps]
larva Primula veris - Cowslip (Primulaceae) larva mines leaf Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, white, linear, with frass in conspicuous, widely spaced black lumps]
larva Primula vulgaris - Primrose (Primulaceae) larva mines live leaf Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, white, linear, with frass in conspicuous, widely spaced black lumps]
puparium Primula - cowslips and primroses (Primulaceae) puparium has been found in leaf-mine Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
puparium Primula veris - Cowslip (Primulaceae) puparium has been found in leaf-mine Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
puparium Primula vulgaris - Primrose (Primulaceae) puparium has been found in leaf-mine Major Spencer, K.A., 1972

There may be more taxa associated with Chromatomyia primulae listed at higher taxonomic level

CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Chromatomyia primulae:

Chromatomyia primulae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae