Agromyza ferruginosa van der Wulp, 1871
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Agromyza ferruginosa 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 (communal) communal larva mines leaf Restricted Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Boraginaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza ferruginosa/Agromyza ferruginosaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum officinale/Symphytum officinalecommon comfreyleafSole

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgromyza ferruginosa (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusAgromyza (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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 Agromyza ferruginosa (a leaf-mining fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon 2017 Agromyzidae Newsletter No 5, November 2017 Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter.

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

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