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

Subgenus Dizygomyza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Leigh Farm Park Durham leaf miner on Poaceae unknown LFP28 2016 2 - Cerodontha feldmani Leafminer, sedge - Cerodontha magnicornis Cerodontha luctuosa from Juncus marginatus - Cerodontha luctuosa - male Parkwood Lake leaf miner on Scirpus georgianus D3009 2021 4 - Cerodontha scirpivora Haywood Landing leaf miner on Iris virginica D4016 2022 3 - Cerodontha St. Andrews leaf miner Cerodontha species on Carex species SA2328 2023 1 - Cerodontha St. Andrews leaf miner Cerodontha species on Carex species SA2328 2023 2 - Cerodontha New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner Cerodontha on Scirpus georgianus D4547 2023 1 - Cerodontha scirpivora
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 Dizygomyza
Explanation of Names
Dizygomyza Hendel 1920
Numbers
26 spp. total(1)
Identification
Large, semicircular lunule, male with enlarged antennae.
Range
Holarctic
Food
Larvae in Iridaceae (iris), Cyperaceae (sedges), Poaceae (grasses), and Juncaceae (rushes).
Works Cited
1.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 February, 2013 - 11:09pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 14 June, 2017 - 7:10pm

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