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

Species Amauromyza flavifrons

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Dsl2 - Amauromyza flavifrons Beet Leafminer - Amauromyza flavifrons Blowing rock leaf miner on Saponaria officinalis BR14 2016 4 - Amauromyza flavifrons Leaf mines on Silene stellata - Amauromyza flavifrons Leaf mine - Amauromyza flavifrons Sweet William leafminer - Amauromyza flavifrons Agromyzidae, leaf mines on White Campion - Amauromyza flavifrons Boone leaf miner on Coreopsis major D4147 2022 6 - Amauromyza flavifrons
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 Amauromyza
Species flavifrons (Amauromyza flavifrons)
Explanation of Names
Author: Meigen, 1830
Food
Larvae mine leaves of plants in the Caryophyllales, mainly Caryophyllaceae.
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Leaf and stem mines of British flies
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 October, 2013 - 5:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 23 April, 2017 - 6:31pm

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