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Melanagromyza lappae (Loew) (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Melanagromyza lappae 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

Melanagromyza lappae is associated with:

Photos larva (older) Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock (Asteraceae) larva (older) feeds within stem Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos larva (older) Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock (Asteraceae) larva (older) feeds within stem Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos larva (young) Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock (Asteraceae) larva (young) mines leaf -> midrib -> stem Spencer, K.A., 1976
Photos larva (young) Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock (Asteraceae) larva (young) mines leaf -> midrib -> stem Spencer, K.A., 1976
Photos puparium Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock (Asteraceae) puparium may be found in stem Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos puparium Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock (Asteraceae) puparium may be found in stem Spencer, K.A., 1972

There may be more taxa associated with Melanagromyza lappae listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Melanagromyza lappae:

Melanagromyza lappae 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
Spencer, K.A., 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark

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