Melanagromyza symphyti Griffiths, 1963
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Melanagromyza symphyti 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 feeds within stem Restricted Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Boraginaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza symphyti/Melanagromyza symphytia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum officinale/Symphytum officinalecommon comfreystemSole
larva larva feeds within leaf (petiole) Restricted Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Boraginaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza symphyti/Melanagromyza symphytia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum officinale/Symphytum officinalecommon comfreyleaf (petiole)Sole
puparium puparium may be found in stem Restricted Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Boraginaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza symphyti/Melanagromyza symphytia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum officinale/Symphytum officinalecommon comfreystemSole
puparium puparium may be found in leaf (petiole) Restricted Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Boraginaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza symphyti/Melanagromyza symphytia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Symphytum officinale/Symphytum officinalecommon comfreyleaf (petiole)Sole

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanagromyza symphyti (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusMelanagromyza (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 Melanagromyza symphyti (a leaf-mining fly)

Melanagromyza symphyti (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 Melanagromyza symphyti (a leaf-mining fly):

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