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albiceps species group

Representative Images

Mines on Erigeron strigosus - Phytomyza St. Andrews leaf miner on Solidago SA345 2016 1 - Phytomyza Leaf Miner Fly - Phytomyza astotinensis - male host - Phytomyza St. Andrews leaf miner on Symphyotrichum pilosum SA805 2017 1 - Phytomyza Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Chrysopsis marina D1403 2019 1 - Phytomyza Leaf mine - Phytomyza solidaginophaga Pelham Road leaf miner on Erigeron annuus D2802 2021 2 - Phytomyza erigeronis

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 albiceps species group

Remarks

Frons black or yellow; hosts in Asteraceae (two Palearctic species on Campanulaceae). The male aedeagus must be studied for reliable identification.