Record Summary | puparium, in leaf mine in Golden Samphire leaf |
Found as | Pupa |
Date | 13 April 2017 |
Associated organism | Inula crithmoides |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SY67 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 13 Apr 2017[D] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Two mined leaves, one with a pale puparium and the other with a black one (parasitised). Both puparia are within the mine with just the spiracles protruding.
Pale puparium: female emerged - photographed 30 April 17. (It keys to Chromatomyia horticola/syngenesiae - males needed for species id).
Another mine on the same plant was collected on a later visit. A male emerged from a puparium in the mine (male seen 30 April 17) and was photographed and confirmed as C. horticola.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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