Seasonality Snapshot

Relationships

Larvae use plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae) as hosts. Leaf mines have been documented in Maryland on Velvetleaf and Common Mallow.

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Calycomyza malvae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Subfamily: Phytomyzinae
Genus: Calycomyza
Species:
C. malvae
Binomial name
Calycomyza malvae
(Burgess, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Calycomyza althaeae Spencer, 1969[2]
  • Oscinis malvae Burgess, 1880[1]

Calycomyza malvae is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.[3]

Distribution

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United States, West Indies, Brazil.

Host

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Malva sylvestris.

References

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  1. ^ a b Burgess, E. (1880). "In Comstock, J. H., Report of the entomologist". USDA, Comnr Agric. Rpt. 1879: 185–348.
  2. ^ Spencer, K.A. (1969). "The Agromyzidae of Canada and Alaska". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 64: 311 pp.
  3. ^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.