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Phytomyza crassiseta - female
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Phytomyza crassiseta - Female
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
July 24, 2012
Size: 1.8 mm
New state record. Reared from a leaf mine in Veronica officinalis. Det. Owen Lonsdale.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2013 - 4:26pm
Last updated 26 January, 2013 - 6:15pm

Introduced
"Also present in the U.S.A. and Canada, almost certainly as an introduction (Spencer, 1990)."
http://www.ukflymines.co.uk/Flies/Phytomyza_crassiseta.php
… John F. Carr, 2 February, 2013 - 3:59pm

Female?
Looks female.
… John F. Carr, 26 January, 2013 - 5:48pm

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