Cerodontha angulata (Loew, 1869)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Cerodontha angulata 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 larva mines leaf Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha angulata/Cerodontha angulataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgesleaf
puparium puparium may be found on leaf Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha angulata/Cerodontha angulataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgesleaf
larva larva mines leaf Major Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha angulata/Cerodontha angulataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pendula/Carex pendulapendulous sedgeleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found on leaf Major Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha angulata/Cerodontha angulataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pendula/Carex pendulapendulous sedgeleafMajor

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerodontha angulata (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusCerodontha (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 Cerodontha angulata (a leaf-mining fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Gibbs, D. 2005 Cerodontha rohdendorfi Nowakowski and Cerodontha staryi (Stary) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) new to Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18, Part 2: 101-103.

Cerodontha angulata (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 angulata (a leaf-mining fly):

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