Cerodontha eucaricis Nowakowski, 1967
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Cerodontha eucaricis 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 leaf Restricted Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/CarexsedgesleafSole
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Restricted Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgesleaf-mineSole
larva larva mines leaf UK/Ireland Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/Carex acutiformislesser pond-sedgeleaf
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine UK/Ireland Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/Carex acutiformislesser pond-sedgeleaf-mine
larva larva mines leaf UK/Ireland Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pseudocyperus/Carex pseudocyperuscyperus sedgeleaf
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine UK/Ireland Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha eucaricis/Cerodontha eucaricisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pseudocyperus/Carex pseudocyperuscyperus sedgeleaf-mine

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

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerodontha eucaricis (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 eucaricis (a leaf-mining fly)

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

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

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