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Ophiomyia

Guglya, Yu. A.

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Ophiomyia is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyAgromyzidae
Observations recorded10,239

Ophiomyia er en slekt av små fluer. De voksne fluene er ofte svarte og gule på farge, med slank kropp og forholdsvis store vinger. Minérfluenes larver lever inne i planter der de danner miner, det vil si de spiser plantevevet som er under huden (epidermis), men uten å komme til overflaten.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
208
With media
247
Family
Agromyzidae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, USNM
Recorded in
Canada, Tunisia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Ophiomyia lantanae from CSIRO.jpg
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taxon name
Ophiomyia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Ophiomyia
Commons category
Ophiomyia
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

Ophiomyia is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae.

In West Africa, the larvae of various species, such as Ophiomyia spencerella, Ophiomyia phaseola, and Ophiomyia centrosematis, are pests of cultivated bean crops.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ophiomyia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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