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Species Phytomyza ditmani

Pelham road leaf miner on Ilex decidua D477 2017 2 - Phytomyza ditmani

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ilex decidua D510 2017 1 - Phytomyza ditmani

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ilex decidua D519 2017 4 - Phytomyza ditmani

agromyzids mining Ilex decidua - Phytomyza ditmani

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 (ilicis species group)

Species ditmani (Phytomyza ditmani)

Explanation of Names

Author: Kulp, 1968

Remarks

Larvae mine Ilex decidua, I. serrata, and I. verticillata. Mines on new leaves of I. decidua in spring are linear, otherwise blotch. This is the only Phytomyza known to mine I. decidua.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Leafminers of North America Charley Eiseman. 2018.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 November, 2015 - 5:04pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 24 March, 2020 - 8:37am

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