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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Agromyzinae

Subfamily Agromyzinae

Classification · Identification · Works Cited
leafminer - Agromyza vockerothi St. Andrews leaf miner on Dichanthelium laxiflorum maybe SA340 2016 2 - Agromyza St. Andrews leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta SA909 2017 4 - Agromyza Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Elymus hystrix D987 2018 1 - Agromyza Agromizid fly Agromyzidae, dorsal - Agromyza Agromyzinae St. Andrews leaf miner on Celtis laevigata SA2100 2022 2 - Agromyza
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
Identification
Adults: Subcosta terminates in R1. Larvae: The cephalopharyngeal skeleton has two upper arms. (1)
These characters also apply to Ophiomyiinae.
Works Cited
1.Manual of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the United States - Agriculture Handbook Number 638
Kenneth A. Spencer and George C. Steyskal. 1986. United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 January, 2011 - 1:45am
Last updated 11 January, 2024 - 5:26am

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