The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Diptera: Chloropidae; locally distributed in Britain.
Regional Distribution
Recorded in ' Cornwall' 1936, SX05 1990.
Habitat & Ecology
Associated species: Elytrigia repens and other grasses. Gall causes overlapping leaves enclosing chamber with a yellowish white larva or brown pupa.
Threats
Unknown.
Conservation
Unknown.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.