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bicolor section

Pegomya solennis ssp. rumicifoliae - Pegomya solennis - female

Extensive blotch mines in dock - Pegomya

Blowing rock leaf miner on Cerastium BR10 2016 3 - Pegomya flavifrons

Pegomya reared from Rumex crispus - Pegomya bicolor

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Anthomyiidae (Root-Maggot Flies)

No Taxon (Pegomya group)

Genus Pegomya

No Taxon (Subgenus Pegomya)

No Taxon bicolor section

Remarks

The Pegomya bicolor section of Pegomya subgenus Pegomya includes the P. bicolor species group, the P. versicolor species group, the P. setaria species group, the P. nigritarsis species group, and P. nigra. They are all leafminers in Caryophyllales, and all the Polygonaceae miners belong to this section.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 April, 2016 - 4:56pm

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