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Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gibbs, D., 2006 Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain

Phytomyza ranunculicola may also 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 ranunculicola is associated with:

Photos larva Ranunculus acris - Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) larva mines live leaf Gibbs, D., 2006 [initially a linear mine, becoming a secondary blotch at the leaf tip]

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

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

Associated with Phytomyza ranunculicola:

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

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

References

Gibbs, D., 2006 Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain

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