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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza » atomaria species group (Phytomyza atomaria species group) » Phytomyza plantaginis

Species Phytomyza plantaginis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
mines in common plantain - Phytomyza plantaginis Strebor Street Plantago rugellii leaf mine 2015 1 - Phytomyza plantaginis Agromyzidae on Plantain, under side of leaf - Phytomyza plantaginis Agromyzidae on Plantain, under side of leaf, puparium - Phytomyza plantaginis St. Andrews leaf miner on Plantago wrightiana SA849 2017 1 - Phytomyza plantaginis Leaf mine - Phytomyza plantaginis english plantain miner 1 - Phytomyza plantaginis St. Andrews leaf miner Phytomyza plantaginis on Plantago wrightiana SA2327 2023 1 - Phytomyza plantaginis
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
No Taxon (atomaria species group)
Species plantaginis (Phytomyza plantaginis)
Explanation of Names
Author: Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851
Range
Widespread in Europe. Introduced to other continents. See Discove Life map
Eight introduced spp. listed in BG (most from Europe, one from Japan)
Food
Host plants Plantago spp. (plantain).
Print References
Frick, K. E. 1951. Parthenogenetic reproduction in Phytomyza plantaginis R.-D., the second reported case in the family Agromyzidae (Diptera). Science 114: 576
Internet References
Discover Life
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 April, 2015 - 9:15am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 3 March, 2018 - 11:47am

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