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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae)
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Duke University leaf miner on Taraxacum officinale D268 2016 3
Copyright © 2016 Tracy S. Feldman

Duke University leaf miner on Taraxacum officinale D268 2016 3
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 23, 2016

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 23 May, 2016 - 2:45pm
Last updated 24 May, 2016 - 7:57pm

The leaf appears to be empty
I suspect the puparium was in the little portion of the petiole left on the stem--or else this is a species that exits to pupate.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 May, 2016 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 May, 2016 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Agromyzidae
Similar to Ophiomyia pulicaria, but frass is supposed to be concentrated toward the base of the mine in that species. It might be that species, or another Ophiomyia, or possibly even a Phytomyza. The puparium may be hidden on the lower leaf surface, at or near the base.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 May, 2016 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

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