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Subfamily Agromyzinae

St. Andrews leaf miner on Dichanthelium scoparium SA358 2016 2 - Agromyza pudica

Mine on Rubus occidentalis - Agromyza vockerothi

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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