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Leaf-miner fly - Japanagromyza viridula
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Leaf-miner fly - Japanagromyza viridula
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
May 23, 2009
Size: 2.9mm
Contributed by tom murray on 25 May, 2009 - 5:07pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from Melanagromyza.
… tom murray, 29 June, 2009 - 7:54am

Nice shot!
Perfect detail on the bristles - you can see the paired acrostichal bristles in front of the scutellum that show it to be Japanagromyza viridula. All other eastern agromyzids with this strong green colour on the abdomen and thorax would be Melanagromyza.
… Owen Lonsdale, 29 June, 2009 - 12:49am

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