Species Geomyza tripunctata - Cereal Fly

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References

Opomyzid Fly - Geomyza tripunctata - female

Diptera - Acalyptratae Genus Geomyza - Geomyza tripunctata

Geomyza tripunctata - Cereal Fly - Geomyza tripunctata

Acalyptrate fly with spotted wings? - Geomyza tripunctata

Acalypterate fly with spotted wings - Geomyza tripunctata

Geomyza tripunctata ?? - Geomyza tripunctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Opomyzidae

Genus Geomyza

Species tripunctata (Cereal Fly)

Other Common Names

Seedling Fly

Explanation of Names

Geomyza tripunctata Fallén 1823

Range

native to w. Palaearctic, adventive in our area (se. Canada, ne. & nw.US) (Wheeler et al. 1999; BG data)

Food

larva feeds on various grasses

Remarks

may damage cereal crops

Print References

Wheeler T.A., Vockeroth J.R., Boucher S. (1999) Geomyza tripunctata Fallén, a Palaearctic opomyzid fly new to North America, with notes on range expansions in Holarctic Opomyzidae (Diptera). Proc. Ent. Soc. Ont. 130: 5‒20

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 16 August, 2009 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2024 - 1:59pm

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