Agromyza albipennis Meigen, 1830
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Agromyza albipennis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 (solitary)		solitary larva mines leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf		Sole
puparium		puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine)			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf (near end of mine)		Sole
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf-mine		Sole
larva (solitary)		solitary larva mines leaf			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass			leaf		Major
puparium		puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine)			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass			leaf (near end of mine)		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass			leaf-mine		Major
larva (solitary)		solitary larva mines leaf			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf		Minor
puparium		puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine)			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf (near end of mine)		Minor
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf-mine		Minor
larva (solitary)		solitary larva mines leaf			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			leaf
puparium		puparium may be found on leaf (near end of mine)			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			leaf (near end of mine)
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza albipennis/	Agromyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			leaf-mine

Author & Year	Title	Source
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Agromyza albipennis (a leaf-mining fly)
Genus	Agromyza (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
Family	AGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
Superfamily	OPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Agromyza albipennis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agromyza albipennis (a leaf-mining fly)

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

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Agromyza
(a genus of leaf-mining flies)

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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