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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Cerodontha » Subgenus Poemyza (Cerodontha Subgenus Poemyza)

Subgenus Poemyza

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
Durham NC Poaceae leaf miner 2015 2 - Cerodontha incisa Pelham Road leaf miner on Schedonorus arundinacea D2409 2020 3.1 - Cerodontha incisa Pelham Road leaf miner on Schedonorus arundinacea D2409 2020 2 - Cerodontha incisa Agromyzidae, undetermined grass, upper side - Cerodontha Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D3625 2022 4 - Cerodontha arundinariella Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D3625 adult 2022 1 - Cerodontha arundinariella Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D3625 adult 2022 2 - Cerodontha arundinariella Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D3625 adult 2022 3 - Cerodontha arundinariella
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 Poemyza
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Poemyza Hendel 1931
Explanation of Names
Probably from Greek words for "grass" and "fly".
Numbers
22 spp. total(1)
Food
Most species mine leaves of grasses. One American species was reared from Carex.
Works Cited
1.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 July, 2012 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 10:51am

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