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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Ophiomyiinae » Ophiomyia » Daylily Leafminer (Ophiomyia kwansonis)
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Agromyzidae Fly - Ophiomyia kwansonis
Copyright © 2006 Vincent J Hickey

Agromyzidae Fly - Ophiomyia kwansonis
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
July 4, 2006
Size: 3mm long
Tiny fly,3mm long; seen several, always on Day Lily petal. ID by BugGuide as Leaf Miner Fly, Agromyzidae
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Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 26 October, 2006 - 3:29pm
Last updated 30 November, 2012 - 12:37pm

Amazing!
Moved from Ophiomyia.
This fly was identified by the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and the University of Maryland as O. kwansonis, a pest from Japan. It is perhaps the earliest record in the US, and we didn't even know it!
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 November, 2012 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… v belov, 19 May, 2009 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

Ophiomyia?
Nice shot, and an interesting record!
The only agromyzids known to be associated with the Day Lily (if this is its host)are Ophiomyia kwansonis and Liriomyza hemerocallis, both of which are restricted to Japan, so this is a new host record for whatever species this is.
The genus is either Melanagromyza (which is usally metallic green) or, more likely, Ophiomyia.
… Owen Lonsdale, 7 November, 2008 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 8 August, 2008 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

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