Aulagromyza luteoscutellata

The larvae mine the leaves of Lonicera species (Honeysuckle), Symphoricarpos (Snowberry) and Leycesteria formosa. The mine is linear, with frass in a broad green band with scattered dark granules.

See the National Agromyzidae Recording Scheme webpage for this species for further details of puparium and adult insect.

Old mines can look like Aulagromyza hendeliana or A cornigera

ref:Warrington,B.P.(2023) Aulagromyza luteoscutellata.Accessed at https://agromyzidae.co.uk/species/agromyzidae/phytomyzinae/aulagromyza/aulagromyza-luteoscutellata/ on 12/12/23

Leaf-mine Adult

Provide backlit photographs of the whole leaf-mine in the leaf, and the larva, and note the host plant

Where the host plants are found.

Click on the 'further details' link in the 'Description' section above.  Then click on the Phenology tab which will provide phenology details for both adult and larval stages.

Leaf-mines may be encountered between May and November.

Local

Warrington, B. P. 2022. A provisional review of the status of Agromyzidae in Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Diptera/A.luteoscutellata.htm

https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/brachycera/agromyzidae/phytomyzinae/aulagromyza/aulagromyza-luteoscutellata/