. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. Agromyza frontella has been reported from a wide area in Europe: Italy, France, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and Russia. It seems to have attracted little attention as a pest in Europe, inasmuch as the only specific report on its habits and morphology is one by H. Bollow (1955, Pflanzenschutz, Munchen, 7:141-143), who cites a mass occurrence on alfalfa in Germany. The host-plants are various species of Medicago (M. falcata, M. lupulina, M. sativa), Melilotus, and Trifolium. The preferred&q
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. Agromyza frontella has been reported from a wide area in Europe: Italy, France, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and Russia. It seems to have attracted little attention as a pest in Europe, inasmuch as the only specific report on its habits and morphology is one by H. Bollow (1955, Pflanzenschutz, Munchen, 7:141-143), who cites a mass occurrence on alfalfa in Germany. The host-plants are various species of Medicago (M. falcata, M. lupulina, M. sativa), Melilotus, and Trifolium. The preferred" host is apparently alfalfa, M. Figs. 5-8 Agromyza frontella (Rondani), 5, male phallosome, lateral view, with dorsal view of base of phallapodeme and ven- tral view of aedeagus; 6, sperm pump; 7, female postabdomen, dorsal view; 8, spermatheca. - 135 -. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Animal and Plant Health Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs; United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; United States. Plant Pest Control Division. Hyattsville, MD. [etc. ] Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service
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