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Agromyza nigrescens Hendel (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Agromyza nigrescens 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

Agromyza nigrescens is associated with:

Photos larva Geranium - true geraniums (Geraniaceae) larva mines live leaf Foreign Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [a narrow linear mine which widens into an irregular blotch after the first moult. Frass in conspicuous black lumps and strips.]
Photos larva Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert (Geraniaceae) larva mines live leaf UK/Ireland Robbins, R., 1990 [an upper surface corridor of rather variable length and width. Pupariates externally.]

There may be more taxa associated with Agromyza nigrescens listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Agromyza nigrescens:

Agromyza nigrescens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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