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Liriomyza equiseti de Meijere, 1924 (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Liriomyza equiseti 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

Liriomyza equiseti is associated with:

Photos larva Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva mines live, blackened branch (thick) UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [in stems and thicker branches, going black. The larva eats some pith as well as parenchyma. Pupariates externally.]
Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos larva Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva mines live, blackened stem UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [in stems and thicker branches, going black. The larva eats some pith as well as parenchyma. Pupariates externally.]

There may be more taxa associated with Liriomyza equiseti listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Liriomyza equiseti:

Liriomyza equiseti 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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