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Cerodontha iridis (Hendel, 1927) (a leaf-mining fly)

Suggested Literature

Cerodontha iridis 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)
Cerodontha
(a genus of leaf-mining flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cerodontha iridis is associated with:

Photos larva Iris foetidissima - Stinking Iris (Iridaceae) communal larva mines live leaf UK/Ireland Major Robbins, R., 1990 [an upper sufrace, sometimes full depth, blotch, sometimes very large if several mine together. Pupariates internally.]
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine inconspicuous, mottled, greenish]
larva Iris orientalis - Turkish Iris (Iridaceae) communal larva mines live leaf UK/Ireland Rare Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine inconspicuous, mottled, greenish]
larva Iris spuria - Blue Iris (Iridaceae) communal larva mines live leaf UK/Ireland Rare Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine inconspicuous, mottled, greenish]
Photos puparium Iris foetidissima - Stinking Iris (Iridaceae) puparium may be found in leaf UK/Ireland Major Robbins, R., 1990 [an upper sufrace, sometimes full depth, blotch, sometimes very large if several mine together. Pupariates internally.]
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine inconspicuous, mottled, greenish]

There may be more taxa associated with Cerodontha iridis listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Cerodontha iridis:

Cerodontha iridis 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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