| Napomyza elegans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Agromyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Phytomyzinae |
| Genus: | Napomyza |
| Species: | N. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Napomyza elegans | |
| Synonyms | |
Napomyza elegans is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. [2]
The Agromyzidae are a family of flies, commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants. It includes roughly 2,500 species, they are small, some with wing length of 1 mm. The maximum size is 6.5 mm. Most species are in the range of 2 to 3 mm.
Erich Martin Hering was a German entomologist who specialised in leafmining insects, He was a curator in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, where his collections of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera are conserved. His collections of Agromyzidae are shared between MfN and the Agricultural School at Portici now part of the University of Naples Federico II.
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Nemorimyza posticata is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
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Ophiomyia pulicaria is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Amauromyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Cerodontha incisa is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.
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Liriomyza virgula is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Nemorimyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Cerodontha denticornis is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.
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Metopomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Napomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.
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