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Ophiomyia simplex (Loew) (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Ophiomyia simplex 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

Ophiomyia simplex is associated with:

larva Asparagus officinalis - Asparagus (Liliaceae) larva mines stem UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [a long corridor]
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [external stem miner, several in one stem]
puparium Asparagus officinalis - Asparagus (Liliaceae) puparium may be found in stem UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [often below ground]
Spencer, K.A., 1972

There may be more taxa associated with Ophiomyia simplex listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Ophiomyia simplex:

Ophiomyia simplex 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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