Eleven species are reported as new to vice county lists
Several species have been recently added to vice county lists;
Ophiomyia alliariae Hering, 1954 – NEW TO VC24. On 17 August 2024, Andy & Melissa Banthorpe found stem mines at Stowe NT parkland, Buckinghamshire; NEW TO VC30 – Andy & Melissa also found larval stem mines at Chicksands Wood, Bedfordshire on 18 August 2024; NEW TO VC58 – Chris Hynes found larval feeding at Northwich, Cheshire on 23 August 2024.
Chromatomyia centaurii Spencer, 1990 – NEW TO VC20. William Bishop recorded leaf mines on 20 August 2024 at Panshanger Park, Hertfordshire.
Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851) – NEW TO VC85. Robert Homan spotted leaf mines at St Monans on 25 August 2024.
Liriomyza amoena (Meigen, 1830) – NEW TO VC85. On 25 August 2024, Robert Homan found leaf mines at Abercrombie, Fifeshire.
Liriomyza cicerina (Rondani, 1875) – NEW TO VC56. Richard Davidson found leaf mines at Annesley Woodhouse NR, Nottinghamshire on 13 August 2024; NEW TO VC57 – Richard Davidson recorded larval mines on 14 August 2024 at Markland Grips, Derbyshire; NEW TO VC63 – Richard also foud mines at Brockadale, South-west Yorkshire on 14 August 2024.
Liriomyza eupatorii (Kaltenbach, 1873 – NEW TO VC77. David Fotheringham found leaf mines at Cathkin Marsh SWT Reserve, Lanarkshire on 14 August 2024.
Phytomyza heracleana Hering, 1937 – NEW TO VC53. On 25 August 2024, Richard Davidson recorded larval mines at Duke’s Covert, South Lincolnshire.
Phytomyza lappae Goureau, 1851 – NEW TO VC87. Robert Homan recorded leaf mines at Alva, West Perthshire on 23 August 2024.
Phytomyza plantaginis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851 – NEW TO VC99. Dean Stables found larval mine at Whitecrook, Dunbartonshire on 26 August 2024.
Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) – NEW TO VC88. On 23 July 2024, Sam Thomas collected adult material at Ben Lawers, Mid Perthshire.
Phytomyza tussilaginis Hendel, 1925 – NEW TO VC85. Robert Homan found leaf mines at Elie, Fifeshire on 24 August 2024.
