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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Agromyzinae » Agromyza » Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer  (Agromyza frontella)

Species Agromyza frontella - Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Agromyzinae
Genus Agromyza
Species frontella (Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer )
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Domomyza frontella Rondani, 1874
Range
MA, NJ, NY; widespread in Europe (1)
Life Cycle
Females lay 1-3 eggs/leaf. Larvae feed inside mines. Mature larvae drop to the ground to pupate
Remarks
Larva forms a characteristic linear-blotch mine in Medicago, and less frequently in Melilotus and Trifolium. (1)
Introduced species, relatively recently. The parasite Dacnusa dryas has been introduced in NE US as a biocontrol
Internet References
U. Wisconsin
UK fly mines
Works Cited
1.Manual of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the United States - Agriculture Handbook Number 638
Kenneth A. Spencer and George C. Steyskal. 1986. United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 January, 2011 - 12:33am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 29 December, 2012 - 12:17pm

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