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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Root-Maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae) » Pegomya group » Pegomya » Subgenus Pegomya (Pegomya Subgenus Pegomya) » dorsimaculata section (Pegomya dorsimaculata section) » Pegomya rufescens

Species Pegomya rufescens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food
Pegomya rufescens - female Pegomya rufescens - male Pegomya rufescens - male Leafminer puparium on/in Purslane - Pegomya rufescens Leafminer in purslane - adult lateral - Pegomya rufescens - male ventral abdomen - Pegomya rufescens - male Leafminer puparium on/in Purslane - Pegomya rufescens Purslane leaf-mining fly - Pegomya rufescens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Anthomyiidae (Root-Maggot Flies)
No Taxon (Pegomya group)
Genus Pegomya
No Taxon (Subgenus Pegomya)
No Taxon (dorsimaculata section)
Species rufescens (Pegomya rufescens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pegomyia rufescens Stein, 1898 (from Canada)
Pegomyia dolosa Stein, 1918 (from Mexico)
Range
Southeastern Canada, Eastern USA, Mexico
Food
The literature record and the BugGuide record are both from mines in purslane (Portulaca oleracea).
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 January, 2013 - 9:31pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 9:03pm

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