Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza » atomaria species group (Phytomyza atomaria species group)

atomaria species group

Fly on Pedicularis canadensis flower - Phytomyza Unid Leafminer Dpd3 - Phytomyza penstemonis Unid Leafminer Dpd6 - Phytomyza penstemonis Pelham road Leaf miner on Veronica arvensis D241 2016 2 - Phytomyza crassiseta St. Andrews leaf miner on Plantago wrightiana SA849 2017 4 - Phytomyza plantaginis Agromyzidae, Columbine seed herbivory - Phytomyza krygeri Agromyzidae, Columbine seed and 1 puparium - Phytomyza krygeri Horseshoe farm leaf miner on Penstemon laevigatus D4397 2023 3 - Phytomyza penstemonis
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 atomaria species group
Food
All known host plants are in the Lamiales (Orobanchaceae and Plantaginaceae, formerly Scrophulariaceae) and Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), except for Phytomyza lupini Sehgal (a stem borer on lupine, Fabaceae).
Life Cycle
Some larvae are leafminers; others bore in stems or feed in seedheads.
Print References
Winkler, Isaac S., Sonja J. Scheffer, and Charles Mitter. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae): delimitation of Phytomyza Fallén sensu lato and included species groups, with new insights on morphological and host-use evolution. Systematic Entomology 34:260–292.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 June, 2014 - 3:33pm
Last updated 23 December, 2015 - 2:42pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo