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Phytomyza tetrasticha Hendel (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Phytomyza tetrasticha 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

Phytomyza tetrasticha is associated with:

Photos larva Mentha aquatica - Water Mint (Lamiaceae) larva mines leaf Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine beginning with small spiral, later developing into a greenish blotch, brown when old]
larva Mentha longifolia x suaveolens (M. x rotundifolia) - False Apple-mint (Lamiaceae) larva mines leaf Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine beginning with small spiral, later developing into a greenish blotch, brown when old]
larva Mentha spicata - Spear Mint (Lamiaceae) larva mines leaf Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine beginning with small spiral, later developing into a greenish blotch, brown when old]

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

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

Associated with Phytomyza tetrasticha:

Phytomyza tetrasticha 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

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