Agromyza frontella
The larvae mine the leaves of various Leguminosae such as clovers, melilot and lucerne. It starts as a linear mine. usually running towards the tip of the leaf then turning back a into a blotch in the midrib area. Frequently, no blotch is formed.
See the National Agromyzidae Recording Scheme website for further details of puparium and adult insect
Agromyza nana mines can be similar, but the blotch is usually exactly over the midrib. Liriomyza congesta
(ref.: Warrington, B.P. (2023). Agromyza frontella. Accessed at https://agromyzidae.co.uk/species/agromyzidae/agromyzinae/agromyza/agromyza-frontella/ on 11/12/2023)
Leaf-mine 
Adult 
Provide backlit photographs of the whole leaf-mine in the leaf, and the larva, and note the host plant.
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Nationally Scarce A.
Warrington, B. P. 2022. A provisional review of the status of Agromyzidae in Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
24 August 2020
leafmine on White Clover
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Agromyzidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 24/08/2020 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 24/08/2020 (Calow, Graham)
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