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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae)
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leaf mines on aster
Copyright © 2011 John Pearson

leaf mines on aster
Ledges State Park, Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA
July 31, 2011
Size: ~2 mm wide + blotch
Mines on upper leaf surface of an aster (possibly Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) along shaded roadside. No visible from lower leaf surface.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 2 August, 2011 - 8:30pm
Last updated 27 February, 2014 - 8:15am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
The long, linear mine with nearly continuous frass line is a Phytomyza, possibly P. ciliolati but that is currently only known from Alberta. The blotch must also be agromyzid, but it doesn't really match any described mines on aster leaves.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 February, 2014 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 August, 2011 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

It looks to me like these are two separate mines
I'm pretty sure the linear mine is from an agromyzid; the blotch may also be but I'm less sure about that.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 August, 2011 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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