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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza » ilicis species group (Phytomyza ilicis species group)
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Mine - Phytomyza
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Mine - Phytomyza
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: 4 cm (mine)

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Mine - Phytomyza Mine - Phytomyza Mine - Phytomyza
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 7 June, 2009 - 8:11pm
Last updated 25 December, 2012 - 5:56am

Moved
Moved from Phytomyza verticillatae.
There are now more possibilities... see guide page for details.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 December, 2012 - 5:56am login or register to post comments

The plant looks like winterberry...
...in which case this is what you've got:
… Charley Eiseman, 7 June, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Out of range?
My Audubon tree field guide says none of the Winterberry species are found in Eastern Massachusetts; one gets as far as Western Mass.
… John F. Carr, 7 June, 2009 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Ilex verticillata
is a shrub, so it may not be in that guide. It occurs in every county in MA, according to the county checklist put out by DFW/NHESP. Was this a tree? Ilex verticillata gets to be maybe 15 feet tall.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 June, 2009 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Taller than me
The mine was at eye level and the tree/shrub was taller. I. verticillata is not in my guide.
… John F. Carr, 7 June, 2009 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Were you in a wetland?
Or an at least somewhat damp place?
… Charley Eiseman, 7 June, 2009 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Wetland
The area was a mix of swamp and slightly drier forest, near a river.
… John F. Carr, 8 June, 2009 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

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