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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Root-Maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae) » Pegomya group » Pegomya » Subgenus Pegomya (Pegomya Subgenus Pegomya) » bicolor section (Pegomya bicolor section) » Pegomya bicolor

Species Pegomya bicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Diptera - Pegomya bicolor - male Unknown Diptera - Pegomya bicolor Pegomya bicolor - male Pegomya bicolor - male 17-acre wood leaf miner on Rumex crispus D254 2016 2 - Pegomya bicolor St. Andrews leaf miner on Rumex crispus SA814 2017 3 - Pegomya bicolor St. Andrews leaf miner on Rumex crispus SA814 2017 4 - Pegomya bicolor Pegomya reared from Rumex crispus - Pegomya bicolor
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Anthomyiidae (Root-Maggot Flies)
No Taxon (Pegomya group)
Genus Pegomya
No Taxon (Subgenus Pegomya)
No Taxon (bicolor section)
Species bicolor (Pegomya bicolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthomyia bicolor
Pegomya bicolor bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817) (only the nominate subspecies is found in North America)
Range
Widespread Holarctic. Northern USA and Canada except for Pacific area where related species replace it.
Season
Multivoltine
Remarks
Larvae form large blotch mines in Polygonaceae, especially Rumex.
Internet References
Species page (Pitkin et al. 2016)(1)
Works Cited
1.Pitkin B., Ellis W., Plant C., Edmunds R. (2007-) The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
Contributed by John F. Carr on 18 April, 2014 - 4:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 November, 2016 - 10:14am

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