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Acidia cognata
6 to7 mm. An orange fly with black patterning on the wings. The larvae mine the leaves of Colt’s-foot and Butterbur making upper surface blotches. When two or more larvae mine the same leaf the affected area can be quite large.
Areas where Colt’s-foot or Butterbur occur.
The mines may be encountered in early autumn.
Widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Tephritidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 16/10/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 12/11/2020 (Calow, Graham)
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