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Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, leaf miners on Lamb's Quarters - Pegomya exilis

Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, leaf miners on Lamb's Quarters - Pegomya exilis
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 11, 2020
July 10, 2020: collected mined leaves of Lamb's Quarters, Chenopodium album
July 27, 2020: looks like pupa out of mine, covered it with peat/sand
July 27/28, 2020: several flies emerged

Batch rearing

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Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, leaf miners on Lamb's Quarters - Pegomya exilis Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, a leaf miner fly, dorsal  - Pegomya exilis Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, a leaf miner fly, lateral - Pegomya exilis Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, another leaf miner fly, ventral - Pegomya exilis - female Anthomyiidae, Root-Maggot Flies, puparia - Pegomya exilis

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Pegomya.

Identified by Brad Sinclair. New state record.

 
Thank you
Brad and Charley!

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