Phytoliriomyza melampyga (Loew, 1869), (a leaf-mining fly)


28 Jun 2005 at OSGR: SU67 in Berks, England

Record SummaryLeaf mines on Orange Balsam beside river
Found asLarva
Date28 June 2005
Associated organismImpatiens capensis
OS grid refOSGR: SU67
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland

Notes:

Difficult to rear as the leaves very rapidly wilt and wither. One brown puparium found in bottom of container.

Mostly parasitised. Reared:

1 puparium yielded 1 parasitic wasp 28/06/05[C1]
1 puparium yielded 2 parasitic wasps 28/06/05[C2]

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