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| Record Summary | Larvae in blotch mines on Solomon’s Seal |
| Found as | Larva |
| Date | 31 May 2006 |
| Associated organism | Polygonatum multiflorum |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 31 May 2006[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Eggs 1mm long, white, cylindrical, winged along each side with punctate area along base of wings. 6 or 8 eggs laid side-to-side on underside of leaf. Blotch mine starts from eggs and widens across leaf. Communal larvae feed side-to-side in a row at end of mine.
Left leaf and pupariated 2 June 06. Puparia 4-4.5mm long (which is very small for a female which lays 6-8 eggs 1mm long!)
Not reared. Robbins, 1990 says this is the only leaf miner in Polygonatum, but the mine starts from a batch of eggs so it is communal from the first.
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