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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Calycomyza » Calycomyza flavinotum
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small black and white fly - Calycomyza flavinotum
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

small black and white fly - Calycomyza flavinotum
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 14, 2013
Quite small and constant take-off and landing, almost spastic...

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Contributed by James Reben on 19 July, 2013 - 7:50am
Last updated 16 August, 2013 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… James Reben, 16 August, 2013 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Guess
My current guess is Calycomyza flavinotum but only because visual similarity to
… James Reben, 9 August, 2013 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

Host plant...
...is Eastern Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) [ID by Daniel Mullen]
… John Pearson, 28 July, 2013 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Host ID
Thanks a lot.
… James Reben, 9 August, 2013 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

What plant?
What kind of plant was it on?
… John F. Carr, 19 July, 2013 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
trees
Well, it was popping around on some leaves of I think a beech tree and possible a basswood that is growing basically next to the beech...I will try to confirm these guesses. thanks.
… James Reben, 19 July, 2013 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 19 July, 2013 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

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