Genus Agromyza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

St. Andrews leaf miner on Dichanthelium oligosanthes SA332 2016 2 - Agromyza

Pelham road leaf miner on Ulmus rubra D396 2017 1 - Agromyza aristata

Stagecoach road leaf miner on Ulmus alata D725 2017 1 - Agromyza aristata

Agromyzidae on Green-headed Coneflower, larva - Agromyza rudbeckiana

17-acre wood preserve leaf miner on Poa pratensis D926 2018 3 - Agromyza

Leaf Miner for ID. Agromyza sp.? - Agromyza

Agromyza pseudoreptans? - Agromyza pseudoreptans

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 Agromyzinae

Genus Agromyza

Explanation of Names

Agromyza Fallén 1810

Greek for 'field fly'

Numbers

135 spp. total(1)

Identification

Finely serrated edge of tergite 1+2:

Works Cited

1.	Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 August, 2009 - 6:01am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 4 July, 2018 - 7:21am

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