BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Phytomyza nigritella Zetterstedt, 1848 (a leaf-mining fly)
Suggested Literature
Phytomyza nigritella may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
ACALYPTRATA (acalypterate flies) |
AGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Phytomyza nigritella is associated with:
| larva | Dipsacus fullonum - Wild Teasel (Dipsacaceae) | larva mines leaf (midrib, blade) | 
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 [Larva feeds mainly in midrib, making short lateral mines into leaf-blade] |
| larva | Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious (Dipsacaceae) | larva mines leaf (midrib, blade) | 
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 [Larva feeds mainly in midrib, making short lateral mines into leaf-blade] |
| larva | Succisa pratensis - Devil's-bit, Devil's-bit Scabious (Dipsacaceae) | larva mines leaf (midrib, blade) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 [Larva feeds mainly in midrib, making short lateral mines into leaf-blade] |
| puparium | Dipsacus fullonum - Wild Teasel (Dipsacaceae) | puparium has been found in leaf (midrib) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 |
| puparium | Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious (Dipsacaceae) | puparium has been found in leaf (midrib) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 |
| puparium | Succisa pratensis - Devil's-bit, Devil's-bit Scabious (Dipsacaceae) | puparium has been found in leaf (midrib) |
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Spencer, K.A., 1972 |
There may be more taxa associated with Phytomyza nigritella listed at higher taxonomic level
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CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
Associated with Phytomyza nigritella:
Phytomyza nigritella may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
References
| Spencer, K.A., 1972 | Diptera: Agromyzidae |