Japanagromyza salicifolii (Collin, 1911)

Ebejer, Martin J., 2021, The leaf-mining flies of the family Agromyzidae of the Maltese Islands are revisited and updated with new data and records (Diptera: Brachycera, Acalyptrata), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1), pp. 93-104 : 95

Japanagromyza salicifolii (Collin, 1911)

Material examined: 2♂♂, Malta: Mtarfa, Wied il-Qle- jgha, reared from leaf mines on Populus alba , a third larva parasitized by a species of Pteromalidae ( Hymenoptera ), mines: 9 Apr 2000, adults: 1 May 2000; 1♀, Buskett, larva in leaf mine on Populus alba , 6 May 2002, puparium, 8 May 2002, adult, 21 May 2002.

Although this is a globally widespread genus only J. salicifolii is present in the West Palaearctic and mainly from the Mediterranean. New record for the Maltese Islands.