The larva mines the leaves of Honeysuckles and Snowberry.   The mine is upper surface, long and linear, with frass in a double row of black grains. The puparium should be examined in order to confirm this species. 

See the National Agromyzidae Recording Scheme webpage on this species for further details. 

Aulagromyza cornigera, Chromatomyia aprilina and Chromatomyia lonicerae.  Aulagromyza cornigera mines are often identical, and in these cases the mines can only be distinguished by examining puparium details or rearing adult material.

ref:Warrington,B.P.(2023) Aulagromyza hendeliana.Accessed at https://agromyzidae.co.uk/species/agromyzidae/phytomyzinae/aulagromyza/aulagromyza-hendeliana/ on 11/12/23

Adult Leaf-mine

Please provide back-lit image of the mine showing frass pattern, and state the host species. In some cases it may be necessary to examine the puparium in detail or rear the adult.

Wherever Honeysuckle or Snowberry occur.

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.

The leaf-mines may be found between March and September.

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.hendeliana.htm

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