Genus Phytomyza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited

Green swamp Ilex myrtifolia miner 2015 3 - Phytomyza leslieae

UnID Leafminer 1 - Phytomyza penstemonis

Sandhills Gamelands leaf miner on Ilex coriacea SG20 2017 2 - Phytomyza glabricola

Leaf mine in Cicuta maculata - Phytomyza

Blowing Rock leaf miner on Ilex montana D3314 2021 7 - Phytomyza

Phytomyza eriodictyi? - Phytomyza eriodictyi

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 Phytomyzinae

Genus Phytomyza

Explanation of Names

Phytomyza Fallén 1810

Greek for 'plant fly'

Numbers

close to 400 spp. total(1)

Habitat

Larvae are leaf miners in a variety of plants; many species are host-specific(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)

2.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 4 April, 2007 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 2:53pm

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