Opomyza florum (Fabricius 1794) (Family Opomyzidae)

Length: Male 3.75-4.5mm, Female 4.5-5.75;
Wing Length: Male 3.8-4.4, Female 4.4-5.1
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
(Winter) ? May - June June - October
(Earliest: 1.7)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Meadows
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Stem Borer)

Lolium perenne

Phleum pratense
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Stem Borer)

Agrostis

Poa
Food:
(Adult)

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar

Nature Spot: Opomyza florum
Plant Parasites of Europe: Opomyza florum


Pictures © 2003, 2020 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster