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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytoliriomyza » Jewelweed Leafminer (Phytoliriomyza melampyga)

Species Phytoliriomyza melampyga - Jewelweed Leafminer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Internet References
jewelweed leaf mine - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Jewelweed Leafminer - Phytoliriomyza melampyga - female Chloropinae? - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Durham 17-acre wood leaf miner on Impatiens capensis D292 2016 1 - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Linear leaf mine on Impatiens spp. - Phytoliriomyza melampyga? - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Leaf Miner Fly - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Leaf Mine on Jewelweed - Phytoliriomyza melampyga Mine 4 - Phytoliriomyza melampyga
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 Phytoliriomyza
Species melampyga (Jewelweed Leafminer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agromyza/Liriomyza borealis
Range
Widely distributed in Europe. Described in USA. Reported in Canada.
Food
Mines in leaves of jewelweed (Impatiens), particularly Impatiens glandulifera from the Himalayas.
Internet References
Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
Nature Spot UK.
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 September, 2008 - 12:11am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 23 April, 2017 - 6:57pm

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