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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Liriomyza pistilla
Species
Liriomyza pistilla
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
Liriomyza
Species
pistilla
(Liriomyza pistilla)
Explanation of Names
Author: Lonsdale, 2017
Range
Across Canada; MA, NC
Food
cow-wheat (
Melampyrum lineare
)
Print References
Lonsdale, Owen. 2017. The
Liriomyza
(Agromyzidae: Schizophora: Diptera) of Canada & Alaska. Zootaxa 4234:1-156.
Contributed by
Charley Eiseman
on 16 April, 2015 - 8:42am
Last updated 27 March, 2017 - 11:32am