Carvalho-Filho, Fernando S.;Cabá, Emiliano N.;Monteiro, Nilton J. S.;De-Souza, Caroline C.
Phytobia
Phytobia is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae, with a worldwide distribution principally in Europe and the Americas.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyAgromyzidae
Observations recorded2,339
Phytobia[1] este un gen de muște din familia Agromyzidae.[1] Specii[1] Phytobia allecta Phytobia alocomentula Phytobia amelanchieris Phytobia aucupariae Phytobia betulae Phytobia betulivora Phytobia bifida Phytobia bifistula Phytobia bohemica Phytobia brincki Phytobia californica Phytobia calyptrata Phytobia cambii Phytobia carbonaria Phytobia cerasiferae Phytobia clypeolata Phytobia colorata Phytobia confessa Phytobia correntosana Phytobia coylesi Phytobia diversata Phytobia ecuadorensis Phytobia errans Phytobia fausta Phytobia flavohumeralis Phytobia flavosquamata Phytobia frutescens Phytobia furcata Phytobia fusca Phytobia gigas Phytobia grandissima Phytobia guatemalensis Phytobia harai Phytobia hirticula Phytobia incerta Phytobia indecora Phytobia insulana Phytobia inusitata Phytobia ipeii Phytobia iraeos Phytobia iridis Phytobia kallima Phytobia kuhlmanni Phytobia lanei Phytobia lateralis Phytobia liepae Phytobia lineata Phytobia longipes Phytobia lunulata Phytobia luzonensis Phytobia maai Phytobia macalpinei Phytobia magna Phytobia malabarensis Phytobia mallochi Phytobia manifesta Phytobia matura Phytobia mentula Phytobia millarae Phytobia monsonensis Phytobia morio Phytobia
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Phytobia is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae, with a worldwide distribution principally in Europe and the Americas.
==Description== All known larvae of Phytobia feed on the young xylem within stems of woody plants, creating concealed galleries that may reach considerable lengths (reportedly up to 17 m in P. betulae). P. betulae lays its eggs on the bark of new-growth twigs of suitable birch trees and, after hatching, larvae tunnel downwards along the shoot within the differentiating xylem layer, sometimes reaching the base of the tree. Adults are small- to medium-sized flies (approximately 5 mm in the case of P. betulae). Confirmed host plant families for Phytobia species include Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae, Sapindaceae, and Cupressaceae in North America, Europe, and Australia, with Asteraceae also hypothesized to be a host family based on the finding of possible larval sign on the shrub Wedelia calycina in Guadeloupe. Larval tunnels mar the appearance of certain woods used commercially, and thus may be of economic importance.
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