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Subgenus Cerodontha

Representative Images

Mating flies - Cerodontha Grass Sheathminer Fly - Cerodontha dorsalis Fly With Damaged Wings - Cerodontha dorsalis Unid Leafminer Desp1 - Cerodontha dorsalis 17-acre wood leaf miner on Dichanthelium clandestinum D248 2016 2 - Cerodontha dorsalis Pelham road leaf miner on Poaceae unknown D400 2017 2 - Cerodontha dorsalis Pelham road leaf miner on Dichanthelium D430 2017 3 - Cerodontha dorsalis Frit Fly - Cerodontha dorsalis

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 Phytomyzinae
Genus Cerodontha
No Taxon Subgenus Cerodontha

Numbers

One widespread species in the lower 48 states (C. dorsalis) and two montane species in the high elevation Rocky Mountains (C. gracilis, C. occidoparva), as well as several additonal species in Canada and Alaska (1).

Identification

First flagellomere with an apical point, body partly yellow, scutellum with one pair of bristles.

Range

Cosmopolitan

Works Cited

1.Revision of Nearctic species of Cerodontha (Cerodontha) (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
Stephanie Boucher. 2002. The Canadian Entomologist.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 July, 2012 - 11:31am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2019 - 10:55pm

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