![]() Dip:Tephritidae
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Stemonocera
cornuta (Scopoli, 1772)
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Food Plant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp Agrimony): Mine: August-October Notes: Makes a long thin corridor, which leads to a blotch, which is usually at the tip of the leaf (as shown). This ringed part of the leaf, containing the blotch mine, discolours and becomes yellow-green to brownish-red. Pupation is outside the mine. Mine shown on Eupatorium cannabinum Data: 13.ix.2014, Furfooz, (Namen), Belgium Image:© Carina van Steenwinkel |
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