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Species Phytomyza crassiseta

Phytomyza crassiseta - female Fly - Phytomyza crassiseta - female Pelham road Leaf miner on Veronica arvensis D241 2016 6 - Phytomyza crassiseta Pelham road Leaf miner on Veronica arvensis D241 2016 7 - Phytomyza crassiseta Pelham road Leaf miner on Veronica peregrina D243 2016 1 - Phytomyza crassiseta Blowing Rock Boone Leaf miner on Veronica BR35 Phytomyza crassiseta 2016 5 - Phytomyza crassiseta Pelham road leaf miner on Veronica serpyllifolia D742 2017 2 - Phytomyza crassiseta Veronica leaf miner - Phytomyza crassiseta
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 (atomaria species group)
Species crassiseta (Phytomyza crassiseta)
Explanation of Names
Author: Zetterstedt, 1860
Food
Hosts in the family Scrophulariaceae, speedwells (Veronica)
Remarks
Introduced from Europe
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