Phytomyza

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Phytomyza
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Mines made in goldenrod leaf by Phytomyza larvae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Subfamily: Phytomyzinae
Genus: Phytomyza
Fallén, 1810 [1]
Type species
Phytomyza flaveola
Fallén, 1823 [2]
Synonyms

Phytomyza is a genus of leaf miners in the family Agromyzidae. [7]

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<i>Phytomyza horticola</i> Species of fly

Phytomyza horticola is a species of leaf-mining fly in the family Agromyzidae of the order Diptera. For a time it was treated as Chromatomyia horticola, but its original name has been restored after genus Chromatomyia was synonymized with Phytomyza. The species is a pest of high economic importance affecting the vegetable crops in temperate and tropical regions.

<i>Phytomyza affinis</i> Species of fly

Phytomyza affinis is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. Description of imago-Antennomere III brown black, 1-11 red. Mesonotum matt black lateral parts and notopleural depression yellow. Acrosticals in 2-4 rows. Coxae 1 yellow basally, II-III blackish. Femora yellow. Base of femora, tibiae and tarsi black. Abdomen brown black. Tergites with a yellow apical line dilated at the sides. Long. : 2,5–3 mm. The larva mines Cirsium arvense and also feeds on seeds of Euphrasia.

<i>Phytomyza ranunculi</i> Species of fly

Phytomyza ranunculi is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Liriomyza flaveola is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

<i>Phytomyza opacae</i> Species of fly

Phytomyza opacae is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. Its host plants are Ilex myrtifolia, Ilex cassine, Ilex opaca, and Ilex amelanchier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phytomyzinae</span> Subfamily of flies

Phytomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Agromyzidae. There are at least 520 described species in Phytomyzinae.

Phytomyza aquilegiana, known generally as the columbine leafminer, is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza glabricola, the inkberry holly leafminer, is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza ditmani is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza vomitoriae is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza ovalis is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza aconiti, the larkspur leafminer, is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.

<i>Discomyza</i> Genus of flies

Discomyza is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.

Metopomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.

Napomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.

Phytomyza zlobini is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.

References

  1. ↑ Fallen, C.F. (1810). Specim. entomolog. novam Diptera disponendi methodum exhibens. Lund: Berlingianis. pp. 26 pp., 1 pl. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Fallén, C.F. (1823). Phytomyzides et Ochtidiae Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 10 pp.
  3. ↑ Hardy, J. (1849). "On the primrose-leaf miner; with notice of a proposed new genus, and characters of three species of Diptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (24): 385–392. doi:10.1080/03745486009494857.
  4. ↑ Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  5. ↑ Rondani, C. (1874). "Degli insetti nocivi e dei loro parassiti enumerazione con note [part]". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 6: 43–68.
  6. ↑ Haliday, Alexander Henry (1833). "Catalogue of Diptera occurring about Holywood in Downshire". Entomological Magazine. 1: 147–180.
  7. ↑ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.

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