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Genus Phytomyza

7009215 Phytomyza - Phytomyza Green swamp Ilex myrtifolia miner 2015 3 - Phytomyza leslieae UnID Leafminer 1 - Phytomyza penstemonis Leaf mine of Phytomyza aquilegivora - Phytomyza 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.