Agromyzidae

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Leaf-miner flies

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Opomyzoidea
Family: Agromyzidae
Genera

many

The family Agromyzidae is commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies, for the feeding habit of larvae, which are all leaf miners on various plants. It is a large, cosmopolitan family, and a number of species attack plants of agricultural or ornamental value, and are therefore considered pests.

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