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Agromyzidae, on Tall coreopsis, upper side of leaf - Calycomyza avira
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Agromyzidae, on Tall coreopsis, upper side of leaf - Calycomyza avira
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
October 1, 2018
Tall coreopsis, Coreopsis tripteris, is native to southern Iowa and I collected seeds for a northeast Iowa prairie planting. It is not native to NE Iowa and has become prolific to say the least. Anytime I find insects eating this plant I am delighted. I've found leaf miners on it from at least 2014 but cannot rear them (yet) but I keep trying.

October 1, 2017: collected the mined leaf of Tall coreopsis
Unable to rear

Probably the same as this fly from central Iowa:

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Agromyzidae, on Tall coreopsis, upper side of leaf - Calycomyza avira Agromyzidae, on Tall coreopsis, under side of leaf - Calycomyza avira
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 25 November, 2018 - 4:03pm
Last updated 5 September, 2022 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from Calycomyza.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 September, 2022 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 August, 2019 - 7:11am

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