Cerodontha affinis (Fallén, 1823)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Cerodontha affinis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva mines live leaf POACEAEQuestionable grasses, couch Poales The British species of Cerodontha Rondani, 1861 subgenus Cerodontha (Diptera, Agromyzidae) including two species new to the British list, Gibbs, D., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha affinis/Cerodontha affinisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch?liveleaf

Cerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Gibbs, D., 2006The British species of Cerodontha Rondani, 1861 subgenus Cerodontha (Diptera, Agromyzidae) including two species new to the British listDipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 59-64.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusCerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Gibbs, D. 2006 The British species of Cerodontha Rondani, 1861 subgenus Cerodontha (Diptera, Agromyzidae) including two species new to the British list Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 59-64.

Cerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerodontha affinis (a leaf-mining fly):

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