Forest Pests: Insects, Diseases & Other Damage Agents

Phytomyza melana Hd.
Diptera: Agromizydae

Univoltine (V-VI.), hosts are the Pimpinella species. The mine is an irregular serpentine, that widens gradually. Regularly begins from within the leaf, later runs to the margin. The faeces is deposited as a line in the first part later becomes scattered. Central European species, common in Hungary.

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