Leaf mines and leaf miners

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GYÖRGY CSÓKA
Forest Research Institute

Phytomyza lappina Goureau
Diptera: Agromyzidae

Host is Arctium. The larvae make narrow serpentine mines near the veins. The mine is up to 15 cm in length and 2 mm in width. Life history is hardly known, the literature mentions 5-10, or even more generations per year. Widespread in Europe.

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