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Delina nigrita (Fallen) (a leaf-mining dung fly)

Suggested Literature

Delina nigrita may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)
SCATHOPHAGIDAE
(dung flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Delina nigrita is associated with:

Photos larva Orchidaceae - orchids larva mines live leaf Robbins, R., 1990 [a broad, irregular corridor, mostly alongside the midrib and with fairly long side-spurs. Larva may mine a number of leaves.]
Photos puparium Orchidaceae - orchids puparium may be found in rootstock Robbins, R., 1990
Photos puparium Orchidaceae - orchids puparium may be found in stem Robbins, R., 1990

There may be more taxa associated with Delina nigrita listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Delina nigrita:

Delina nigrita 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

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