Ctenosciara hyalipennis (Meigen, 1804)
Diptera, Sciaridae
mine
Small, full-depth mine, sometimes strongly branched and corridor-like, more blotchy at other occasions. As a rule a number of mines in a leaf. A larva makes several mines. Pupation external.
hostplants
“Very polyphagous”
Although Hering describes the speies as very polyphagous, it is discussed and keyed out only in connection with Buttercup.
phenology
Larvae from September to November (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Gosseries, 1991e).
NE recorded (Menzel 2002a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Albania, and from Ireland to Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Slender, whitish-hyaline, without feet, head well-chitinised.
synonyms
Leptosciara annulata (Meigen, 1813), L.autumnata (Winnerz, 1867).
references
Gosseries (1991a), Hering (1957a), Menzel (2002a), Robbins (1991a).
11/07/2010