Eighteen new vice county records are reported for sixteen species
New vice county records are reported for sixteen species;
Agromyza alnibetulae Hendel, 1931 – NEW TO VC67. Jill Cunningham found leaf mines at Heddon Wood, South Northumberland on 4 September 2024.
Agromyza alnivora Spencer, 1969 – NEW TO VC109. Andy Donegan recorded leaf mines at Dunnet, Caithness, on 8 September 2024.
Agromyza lathyri Hendel, 1923 – NEW TO VC11. Dennis Trunecka found leaf mines on 8 September 2024 at Bishop’s Waltham, South Hampshire.
Agromyza nana Meigen, 1830 – NEW TO VC68. Richard Davidson recorded leaf mines at Holy Island and Cocklawburn Nature Reserve, North Northumberland on 6 September 2024.
Ophiomyia melandricaulis Hering, 1943 – NEW TO VC33. Andy & Melissa Banthorpe recorded larval mines at Hidcote Gardens NT, East Gloucestershire.
Aulagromyza tremulae (Hering, 1956) – NEW TO VC68. On 6 September 2024, Richard Davidson found leaf mines at Brandon Ford, North Northumberland.
Cerodontha iraeos (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) – NEW TO VC9. On 4 September 2024, Dennis Trunecka recorded leaf mines at Weymouth, Dorset.
Liriomyza cicerina (Rondani, 1875) – NEW TO VC81. On 5 September 2024, Richard Davidson recorded leaf mines at Coldingham Beach, Berwickshire.
Liriomyza pusilla (Meigen, 1830) – NEW TO VC68. Richard Davidson found leaf mines on 8 September 2024 at Chillingham Castle, North Northumberland.
Phytoliriomyza melampyga (Loew, 1869) – NEW TO VC68. On 10 September 2024, Richard Davidson recorded leaf mines at Castle Eden, Ladykirk and Norham Bridge and Chainbridge, North Northumberland; NEW TO VC81 – On 5 September 2024, Richard Davidson recorded leaf mines at Coldingham Beach, Berwickshire.
Phytomyza aconiti Hendel, 1920 – NEW TO VC33. On 12 September 2024, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe found leaf mines at Hidcote Gardens NT, East Gloucestershire.
Phytomyza calthophila Hendel, 1931 – NEW TO VC109. On 9 September 2024, Andy Donegan recorded leaf mines at Barrock, Caithness.
Phytomyza plantaginis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) – NEW TO VC109. Andy Donegan observed leaf mines on 9 September 2024 at Dunnet, Caithness.
Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) – NEW TO VC109. On 9 September 2024, Andy Donegan found leaf mines at Dunnet, Caithness.
Phytomyza tussilaginis Hendel, 1925 – NEW TO VC56. Graham Beeley observed leaf mines on 7 September 2024 at Kings Mill Resevoir, Nottinghamshire.
Phytomyza varipes Macquart, 1835 – NEW TO VC24. On 11 September 2024, Neil Fletcher found puparia at Walter’s Ash, Buckinghamshire; NEW TO VC109 – Chris Hynes found puparia at Achanarras Quarry, Caithness, on 11 September 2024.
