Trypeta zoe
Distinctively marked with two bold black patches on each wing.
Where the larval foodplants occur.
Late spring and summer.
The larvae mine the leaves of plants such as Artemisia and Asteraceae.
Widespread scattered records from around Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland: rare or under-recorded. The record in April 2017 is the first for VC55.
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
29 April 2017
male, 1st for VC55
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
20 May 2018
female
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
05 June 2021
Graham Calow
Owston Woods
14 June 2018
leaf mine on Marsh Ragwort
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Tephritidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 29/04/2017 (Smith, Ann)
- Last record:
- 29/04/2024 (Hunt, Graham)
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Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
29 April 2017
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
29 April 2017
Graham Calow
Owston Woods
14 June 2018
leaf mine on Marsh Ragwort
Graham Calow
Owston Woods
14 June 2018
leaf mine on Marsh Ragwort
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
20 May 2018
female
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
05 June 2021
