Family Agromyzidae - Leaf Miner Flies

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Family Agromyzidae (Leaf Miner Flies)

Numbers

Arnet lists 188 species.

Size

1-5 mm.

Identification

Small, usually blackish or yellowish in color. Most species are more easily recognized by the mines than by the insect themselves.

Habitat

Almost anwhere.

Food

Larvae are leafminers.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless
Last updated 21 December, 2007 - 4:13pm

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