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Euleia heraclei · salierinė minamusė

EN · celery fly, hogweed picture-wing fly
DE · Selleriefliege
PL · liściolubka selerowa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euleia_heraclei
Adults can be found from April to September feeding on hogweed (Heracleum) - hence the specific name.

The females lay the eggs in April and May into the leave of the host plants, a few eggs in one leaf. After 6–8 days, the eggs hatch and the larvae mine the leaves, initially in a short corridor and later, a yellow or brown blotch. After four weeks, adult larvae enter into the soil at a depth of 4–5 cm. The second-generation larvae appear in July–August and overwinters in the upper layers of soil, at a depth of about 10 cm.

Larvae feed on the leaves of a wide variety of plants, especially of Apiaceae species.
They are considered a pest of celery (Apium graveolens) and parsnips (Pastinaca sativa), where they damage the plant by mining the leaves.
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