| Sub-family:TACHININAE |
Tribe: SIPHONINI |
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| Synonyms: lamia (Meigen, 1838 - Roeselia)
[=frontalis (Macquart, 1845 - Thryptocera)] |
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| Shaw & Ford (1991): - |
| Belshaw (1993): Hosts: Epiblema larvae (Lep.: Tortricidae), stem- and root-boring and concealed feeders on shrubs and herbs. In Britain recorded from E.foeneiia in the stem of Cirsium paiustre (Parmenter, 1953 - but see Emmet, 1988) and E. scutulana (Audcent, 1932; Uffen, 1961 - in stem of Cirsium palustre). Also recorded from an unidentified Tortricidae in a thistle stem (UMO). References to La.ciocampa quercus and Ourapteryx sambucaria as hosts are erroneous (from misreadings of Wainwright, 1928: 208)
British distribution: S.England, (southern) Midlands, Wales (Monmouth and Glamorgan) and N.Scotland (Grantown in Moray).
Flight period: early May to late July (32 records). More than 1 generation per year. |
| Tschorsnig (1994): [frontalis (Macquart)]. Europe to Scandinavia (rare in Southern Europe); NS NW HE RP BW BY NB / A CH. Forest edges meadows. Early April to End September (from May to August without recognisable peak) at least 2 generations. In Malaise traps very frequent. Epiblema scutulana Denis & Schiff. (Tortricidae). |
| JNCC Calypterate Review (1996): DISTRIBUTION Southern England, Wales (Monmouth, Glamorgan, Carmarthen), and Scotland (Elgin).
HABITAT Marshes, wet grasslands and woodlands, and dry scrubby grassland.
ECOLOGY The larvae are parasitoids of Epiblema caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), stem- and root-borers and concealed feeders on shrubs and herbs, and have been reared in Britain from species on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre). Adults from May to July.
STATUS Uncertain. There are several post-1960 localities, with recent records from Cambridge, Warwick, Leicester, Glamorgan, Carmarthen.
THREAT The drainage of marshy areas, with the loss of habitat suitable for the host's food-plant.
MANAGEMENT Maintain the natural hydrology of damp and marshy localities, and ensure the presence of Marsh Thistle, a principal host food-plant. |
| Shaw & Ford (2000): Indet. microlepidopteran in dead stem of Cirsium arvense: 1 male ex larva 2.ii.97 23.vi.97 Yellowcraigs East Lothian (MRS). Reliable records only from Tortricidae. |
| Comments: 4mm, black |
| GBGRB: P |
GBNI: - |
IE: - |
GBCI: - |
| BRC #: 14603 |
BENHS: 7.6 1m |
GB Status: |
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| Legend: GBGRB=Great Britain, GBNI=Northern Ireland, IE=Ireland,
GBCI=Channel Islands (P=present or -=absent); BENHS indicates whether the BENHS
collection has it and which draw/column it is in. Status is taken from the JNCC
Calypterate Review (1996) and the JNCC Recorder package (1997). Synonyms were
taken from a number of sources but most notably the most recent Checklist of
British Diptera by Peter Chandler. |
| Acknowledgements: Many thanks to all the authors who let me
use their information to construct this database. If there are spelling mistakes
they were introduced by me during transcription and should not reflect on the
original authors. |
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