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Phytomyza rufescens von Roser, 1840 (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Phytomyza rufescens may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
ACALYPTRATA
(acalypterate flies)
AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Phytomyza rufescens is associated with:

Photos larva Hieracium - hawkweeds (Asteraceae) larva feeds within leaf Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]
Photos larva Pilosella - mouse-ear-hawkweeds (Asteraceae) larva feeds within leaf Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]
Photos larva Pilosella officinarum - Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Asteraceae) larva feeds within leaf Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]

There may be more taxa associated with Phytomyza rufescens listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Phytomyza rufescens:

Phytomyza rufescens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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