Leaf Mines in Cirsium arvense

Wing Length: 2.1-2.25mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	July - October (Earliest: 27.8)	?	?

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Leaf Miner)	Cirsium
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Braconidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Phytomyza spinaciae
Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Phytomyza spinaciae
Plant Parasites of Europe: Phytomyza spinaciae

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