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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza » ilicis species group (Phytomyza ilicis species group)

ilicis species group

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Mine - Phytomyza Native Holly Leafminer - Phytomyza ilicicola another leaf mine on holly - Phytomyza opacae St Andrews leaf miner on Ilex opaca SA269 Phytomyza opacae 2016 1 - Phytomyza ilicicola Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Ilex coriacea LA20 2016 2 - Phytomyza glabricola St. Andrews leaf miner on Ilex purpurea SA733 2017 2 - Phytomyza Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ilex decidua D519 2017 2 - Phytomyza ditmani Holly leaf miner - Phytomyza opacae
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 Phytomyza
No Taxon ilicis species group
Numbers
11 native species and one introduced
Range
Eastern North America; two species introduced in the West.
Food
Host plants Ilex spp. (hollies).
Remarks
All agromyzids in North America mining in holly (Ilex spp.) belong to this species group. Examination of male genitalia is often required for identification of adults. Immatures of most species can be separated based on host plant and mine characteristics, but linear mines in winterberry (I. verticillata) may be the work of any of four species. These species can be separated by examination of puparia, but otherwise the mines may be indistinguishable.
Print References
Lonsdale, Owen and Sonja J. Scheffer. 2011. Revision of Nearctic holly leafminers in the genus Phytomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae), including descriptions of four new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(6):1183-1206.
Internet References
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 December, 2012 - 5:47am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 November, 2015 - 10:33am

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