Chromatomyia primulae is a species of fly whose larvae mine the leaves of Primrose and Cowslip. The leafmine is white and in long, narrow corridors. Frass usually appears as large, well-spaced grains.

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

ref.: Warrington, B.P. (2023).  Chromatomyia primulae. Accessed at https://agromyzidae.co.uk/species/agromyzidae/phytomyzinae/chromatomyia/chromatomyia-primulae/ on 13/12/2023)

None.

Leafmine Adult

Leafmine: Please provide a photograph and state the host plant.

Host plants: Primula species.

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.

Leafmines can be found in most months of the year.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

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

Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.