Icteromyza capitata

Family

Subfamily

Genus

Subgenus

Species

Icteromyza capitata (Zetterstedt, 1848)

Mine

N/A. An internal stem-borer. Pupariation internal.

Host Plants

• Juncus

Confusion Species

N/A.

Recording Grade

5

National Status

Nationally Scarce B.

Puparium

Unknown.

Adult

Head: frons slightly projecting above eye in profile; normally 2 ors, 3 ori but in largest females up to 11 bristles may occur; orbital setulae reclinate; lunule large, higher than a semicircle; jowls deepest at rear 1/3 height of eye, cheeks prominent below eye; third antennal segment largeround.
Mesonotum: 3+1 dc; acr in 4 irregular rows.
Wing: 2.7 mm in male to 3.5 mm in female; last and penultimate sections or M₃₊₄ almost equal.
Colour: frons yellowish-orange, sometimes with slight greyish patches; orbits black in upper half; lunule, jowls and face yellow; palps and third antennal segment black, first and second slightly yellowish; mesonotum largely matt, greyish-black, sometimes with faint subshine; pleura black, legs black but all knees yellow; squamae yellow, margin and fringe brownish-black.
Caudal projection longer than high.