Nemorimyza posticata
Nemorimyza posticata leafmines.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Agromyzidae
Genus:
Nemorimyza
Species:
N. posticata
Binomial name
Nemorimyza posticata
Meigen, 1830

Nemorimyza posticata is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2]

Description : Interocular space matte black. Lunule soft black. Antennae and palps black. Mésonotum brilliant black. Acrostichal bristles sparse and in 7-8 rows. Legs brownish black all the knees yellow. Haltere knob whitish yellow. Female: abdomen black, les the two last segments clear brown. Male: The base of the abdomen more or less dark, the rest yellow.- Long. : 2,5–3 mm.[3]

Life cycle : The larva mines Solidago, Aster, Baccharis, and Erechtites. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. ↑ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. ↑ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1990). Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 275. ISBN 0792304020.
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