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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza

Genus Phytomyza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited
Native Holly Leafminer - Phytomyza Ranunculus Leaf Mine ID Request - Phytomyza davisii Leaf mine in Tiarella trifoliata - Phytomyza tiarellae Agromyzidae on Wild Sarsaparilla - Phytomyza aralivora Leaf Miner Fly Pupae - Phytomyza aesculi Miner on Thalictrum sp. - Phytomyza Phytomyza opacae? - Phytomyza opacae Colorful tiny fly - Phytomyza gymnostoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Opomyzoidea
Family Agromyzidae (Leaf Miner Flies)
Subfamily Phytomyzinae
Genus Phytomyza
Explanation of Names
Phytomyza Fallén 1810
Greek for 'plant fly'
Numbers
close to 400 spp. total(1)
Habitat
Larvae are leaf miners in a variety of plants; many species are host-specific(2)
Works Cited
1.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
2.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 4 April, 2007 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 2:53pm

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