Maryland Biodiversity Project - Columbine Leafminer (Phytomyza aquilegivora)

Columbine Leafminer Phytomyza aquilegivora Spencer, 1969

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Agromyzidae > Genus Phytomyza Columbine Leafminer - Phytomyza aquilegivora - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/18209

Larvae create mines in columbine leaves.

There are 11 records in the project database.

Columbine Leafminers feeding on Red Columbine in Harford Co., Maryland (5/5/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminers in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Leafmines of a Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/11/2019). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminer in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/14/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Several Columbine Leafminer mines in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/12/2016). Photo by Rick Borchelt. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminer in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/17/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/7/2019). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminer in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/27/2019). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Columbine Leafminers in Harford Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Mines of Columbine Leafminer larvae in Harford Co., Maryland (6/29/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

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