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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Unidentified mines on Heliopsis helianthoides (Liriomyza Unidentified mines on Heliopsis helianthoides)

Unidentified mines on Heliopsis helianthoides

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Leaf miner - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh4 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh8 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh10 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh1 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh4 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh5 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh7 - Liriomyza
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 Liriomyza
No Taxon Unidentified mines on Heliopsis helianthoides
Remarks
No agromyzid has been reared from Heliopsis, but judging from frass patterns in these examples, there are probably at least two different Liriomyza or Phytomyza species making linear mines on this host. Another example here:

Another unidentified species makes communal blotch mines:
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 March, 2015 - 12:10pm
Last updated 26 September, 2022 - 5:43pm

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