Ophiomyia curvipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1848)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Ophiomyia curvipalpis 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 stem			ASTERACEAE	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite	Asterales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/	Asteraceae	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite			stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			ASTERACEAE	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite	Asterales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/	Asteraceae	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite			stem
larva		larva mines stem			Achillea	yarrows and milfoils	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea/	Achillea	yarrows and milfoils			stem		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			Achillea	yarrows and milfoils	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea/	Achillea	yarrows and milfoils			stem		Major
larva		larva mines stem			Anthemis	chamomiles	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Anthemis/	Anthemis	chamomiles	?		stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			Anthemis	chamomiles	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Anthemis/	Anthemis	chamomiles	?		stem
larva		larva mines stem			Matricaria	a genus of mayweeds	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria/	Matricaria	a genus of mayweeds	?		stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			Matricaria	a genus of mayweeds	Asterales: Asteraceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria/	Matricaria	a genus of mayweeds	?		stem
larva		larva mines stem			Centaurea cyanus	Cornflower	Asterales: Asteraceae	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/	Centaurea cyanus	cornflower			stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			Centaurea cyanus	Cornflower	Asterales: Asteraceae	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/	Centaurea cyanus	cornflower			stem
larva		larva mines stem			FABOIDEAE	vetches, peas and beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Faboideae/	Faboideae	vetches, peas and beans			stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			FABOIDEAE	vetches, peas and beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Faboideae/	Faboideae	vetches, peas and beans			stem
larva		larva mines stem			Medicago sativa	Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa	Fabales: Fabaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa	?		stem
puparium		puparium may be found in stem			Medicago sativa	Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa	Fabales: Fabaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa	?		stem

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
Spencer, K.A., 1976	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press

Ophiomyia curvipalpis (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)

Ophiomyia curvipalpis (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	Ophiomyia curvipalpis (a leaf-mining fly)
Genus	Ophiomyia (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)

Ophiomyia curvipalpis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

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

Ophiomyia curvipalpis (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 Ophiomyia curvipalpis (a leaf-mining fly):

Ophiomyia
(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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