Calycomyza flavinotum is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.[2] It creates whitish blotch-shaped mines on the leaves of Ageratina altissima, Arctium minus (lesser burdock), Eupatorium spp., Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed), and Eutrochium purpureum (purple Joe Pye weed), all flowering plants in the sunflower family.[3]
| Calycomyza flavinotum | |
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| Blotch mine on Eupatorium perfoliatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Agromyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Phytomyzinae |
| Genus: | Calycomyza |
| Species: | C. flavinotum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calycomyza flavinotum (Frick, 1956)[1]
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Frick, K.E. (1956). "Revision of the North American Calycomyza species north of Mexico (Phytobia: Agromyzidae: Diptera)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 49: 284–300, 2 pls.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
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