''Phytomyza'' is a genus of
leaf miners
A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths ( Lepidoptera), sawflies ( Symphyta, a paraphyletic group whi ...
in the family
Agromyzidae
The Agromyzidae are a family of flies, commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants. It includes roughly 2,500 species, they are small, some with wing length ...
.
See also
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List of ''Phytomyza'' species
References
Leaf miners
Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén
Brachycera genera
Diptera of South America
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Australasia
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