Phytoliriomyza
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Phytoliriomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Phytoliriomyza
Agromyzidae
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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.
Agromyzidae
Larval mines of European holly leaf miner, Phytomyza ilicis
Figure 3 Cerodontha denticornis, 3a head lateral, 3b antenna, and figure 5 Phytomyza affinis 5a head lateral, 5b face, 5c antenna
Mines of Phytomyza sp. on leaf of Solidago.