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Species Liriomyza ivorcutleri

Penny's Bend leaf miner on Silphium asteriscus D3005 2021 3.1 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Penny's Bend leaf miner on Silphium asteriscus D3005 2021 7 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Penny's Bend leaf miner on Silphium asteriscus D3043 2021 2.1 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Penny's Bend leaf miner on Silphium asteriscus D3005 adults 2021 1 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Whiskey Still Lane leaf miner on Silphium compositum D4086 2022 1 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Whiskey Still Lane leaf miner on Silphium compositum D4086 2022 2 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Whiskey Still Lane leaf miner on Silphium compositum D4086 2022 3 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri Whiskey Still Lane leaf miner on Silphium compositum D4086 2022 7 - Liriomyza ivorcutleri
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
Species ivorcutleri (Liriomyza ivorcutleri)
Explanation of Names
Authors: Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2018 (1)
This species is named for Ivor Cutler (1923–2006), Scottish recording artist, whose several entomologically themed compositions include one that begins, “I am a yellow fly.”
Range
Iowa
Food
Larvae mine leaves of Silphium perfoliatum.