Oscinella pusilla (Meigen, 1830)

Nartshuk, Emilia P., Polevoi, Alexei V. & Przhiboro, Andrey A., 2020, A review of grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) of Karelia and Murmansk Province of Russia, Fauna norvegica 40, pp. 47-92 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v40i0.3406
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scientific name	Oscinella pusilla (Meigen, 1830)
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Material examined: Karelia. Kk: 22 males, 3 females, Kartesh, 9–20.VII.1966, Tanasijtshuk , 21–25.VII.1983, 27.07– 16.VIII.1989, Sugonyaev , 6.VI.1993, Przhiboro ; 2 pupae (reared to adults), Kartesh, 3.VII.2000, Przhiboro ( ZISP) ; 1 female, Syrovatka , 19.VII.2003, Polevoi ( FRIP) ; Kon : 1 female, Myagrozero, 18.VII.2002, Polevoi; 2 males, 1 female, Vegoruksy , 24–29.VI.2013, Polevoi ; 1 female, Kosalma , 15.VII.2002, Polevoi ; 1 female, Island Bukol’nikov , 25.VI.2003, Polevoi ; 1 female, Pin’guba, 6.VII.1997, Polevoi ( FRIP) .

Published records: Murmansk Province. Kola Peninsula, without locality name ( Nartshuk & Andersson 2013).

Distribution: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic.

Fauna norvegica 40: 47–92. 2020

Biological notes: Meadows and agricultural fields. Larvae phytophagous, live in shoots and (more rarely) in spikelets of cereals (usually avoid oats), as well in shoots of different wild grasses, preferably of the tribe Hordeae . A well-known serious pest of cereals in many European countries.