Chromatomyia milii (Kaltenbach, 1864)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Chromatomyia milii 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			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf-mine
larva		larva mines leaf			Hierochloe odorata	Holy-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hierochloe odorata/	Hierochloe odorata	holy-grass			leaf		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Hierochloe odorata	Holy-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hierochloe odorata/	Hierochloe odorata	holy-grass			leaf-mine		Major
larva		larva mines leaf			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf-mine		Major
larva		larva mines leaf			Milium effusum	Wood Millet	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Milium effusum/	Milium effusum	wood millet			leaf		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Milium effusum	Wood Millet	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Milium effusum/	Milium effusum	wood millet			leaf-mine		Major
larva		larva mines leaf			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			leaf		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf-mine			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia milii/	Chromatomyia milii	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			leaf-mine		Major

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

Chromatomyia milii (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)

Chromatomyia milii (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	Chromatomyia milii (a leaf-mining fly)
Genus	Chromatomyia (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)

Chromatomyia milii is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

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

Chromatomyia milii (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 Chromatomyia milii (a leaf-mining fly):

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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