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Genus Cerodontha

Representative Images

Unid Leafminer Dpp1 - Cerodontha Unknown Fly - Cerodontha Sandy Creek Park leaf miner on Dichanthelium D437 2017 2 - Cerodontha angulata Duke Campus leaf miner on Setaria D635 2017 3 - Cerodontha dorsalis Cerodontha luctuosa from Juncus marginatus - Cerodontha luctuosa - male 17-acre wood preserve leaf miner on Poaceae unknown D925 2018 1 - Cerodontha Another acalyptrate fly? - Cerodontha dorsalis Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D3625 2022 3 - Cerodontha arundinariella

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 Cerodontha

Explanation of Names

Cerodontha Rondani 1861

Range

worldwide (map)

Food

Larvae in monocots: Cyperaceae (sedges), Iridaceae, Juncaceae (rushes), and Poaceae (grasses).
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 10 November, 2008 - 12:39pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 10:28am

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