Cornutrypeta [Vidalia] spinifrons (Schroeder 1913) (Family Tephritidae)


Leaf Mine in Senecio nemorensis

Length: 4.5-5mm;
Wing Length: 4.4-5.8mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? (Earliest: 30.7) ? June - July

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Senecio nemorensis

Solidago virgaurea
Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Opius pallipes Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Cornutrypeta spinifrons
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cornutrypeta spinifrons


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