Hydrellia griseola (Fallén 1813) (Family Ephydridae)


Larval Mine

Length: 1.8-2.5mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? May, July,
September
(Earliest: 24.7)
(8 Days)
(8-9 Days) All Year
(Earliest: 6.4)

Biotopes:
Pond Edge

Wet Meadows

Stream Banks

Muddy Pools
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous Leaf Miner)

Silene flos-cuculi

Stellaria media

Lamium purpureum

Bellis perennis

Lemna minor

Many Poaceae

Typha latifolia
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Polygonum

Trifolium

Papaver

Many Poaceae
Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Several Braconidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Several Braconidae Larvae
Predators:
Gerris

Pirata piraticus

Plant Parasites of Europe: Hydrellia griseola
Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Hydrellia griseola


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