Phytomyza horticola | |
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Leaf mine of P.horticola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Agromyzidae |
Subfamily: | Phytomyzinae |
Genus: | Phytomyza |
Species: | P. horticola |
Binomial name | |
Phytomyza horticola | |
Synonyms | |
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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 . [10] The species is a pest of high economic importance affecting the vegetable crops in temperate and tropical regions. [11] [12]
Phytomyza horticola is recorded in around 268 genera of 36 families, commonly Brassicaceae, Fabaceae and Asteraceae. The polyphagous pest is distributed in various regions of Africa, Asia, and Europe. [13]
Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach, was a German naturalist and entomologist mainly interested in pest species. He was a teacher in Aachen.
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