Melanagromyza pubescens Hendel, 1923

erny, Milos & Baechli, Gerhard, 2018, New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and an updated checklist, Alpine Entomology 2, pp. 115-137 : 117

Melanagromyza pubescens Hendel, 1923

Material examined.

GE: Chancy [46°09'N, 5°58'E, 350m a.s.l.], 1 ♂, 25.vii.2004. TI: Biasca [46°21'N, 8°58'E, 300m a.s.l.], 1 ♂, 17.vi.1995, B. Merz & G. Bächli leg. VS: Grône, Poutafontana, 500m a.s.l., [46°15'N, 7°27'E], 1 ♂, 1.vii.2001; Leuk-Platten [46°19'N, 7°42'E, 600m a.s.l.], 2 ♂♂, 1.viii.1998, 1 ♂, 3.viii.1998, 1 ♂, 19.v.1996, B. Merz & G. Bächli leg.; Pfynwald [46°38'N, 7°37'E, 600m a.s.l., canopy trap], 1 ♂, 2.-6.viii.1999, B. Merz & G. Bächli leg.

Distribution.

Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal ( Černý et al. 2018), Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine; Asia: Asian Russia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Kuril Islands, Turkey ( Papp and Černý 2015). First record from Switzerland.

Biology.

Host plant Artemisia vulgaris .