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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Ophiomyiinae » Melanagromyza » Melanagromyza verbenivora

Species Melanagromyza verbenivora

Classification · Explanation of Names · Food · Works Cited
Seedhead stalk borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Seedhead stalk borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Seedhead stalk borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Stem girdler, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Inflorescence borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Inflorescence borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Inflorescence borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Stem borer, Verbena - Melanagromyza verbenivora
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 Ophiomyiinae
Genus Melanagromyza
Species verbenivora (Melanagromyza verbenivora)
Explanation of Names
Authors: Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2021 (1)
Food
Larvae bore in stems of Verbena stricta and Verbena urticifolia.
Works Cited
1.13 new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species
Eiseman, Lonsdale, van der Linden, Feldman, Palmer. 2021. Zootaxa.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 December, 2019 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 21 November, 2023 - 7:03am

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