Liriomyza bryoniae ( Kaltenbach, 1858 )

Liriomyza bryoniae ( Kaltenbach, 1858) View in CoL

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Agromyza bryoniae Kaltenbach, 1858: 158 View in CoL .

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Abu Yaman & Al-Ahwal (1973). It was described from Germany without type-locality being specified. It was recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegoyina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia; Finland, France incl. Corsica, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal incl. Azores and Canary Islands, Romania, Russia (Yakutia), Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the former Yugoslavia: Oriental Region; China, India, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam ( Spencer 1973a,b; Kahanpää 2014; Černý et al. 2018; Guglya 2021; Lonsdale et al. 2023).

Host remarks.This species is highly polyphagous, attacking cultivated plants, such as tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.), watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus (Thunb) Matson & Nakai ) cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) and lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) as well as a diversity of wild and ornamental hosts ( Spencer 1973a; Benavent-Corai et al. 2005). Spencer (1973a) and Papp & Černý (2017: 84) provided a detailed description of the life habits and developmental stages of L. bryoniae . Minkenberg & van Lenteren (1986) provided a good review of its hosts, life habits and parasitoids. Lonsdale et al. (2023) gave valuable information on the biology, taxonomy, host plants, distribution, damage caused and parasitoids attacking this species.