Cerodontha luzulae (Groschke, 1957)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerodontha luzulae (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bland, K.P. 1993 Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luzulae (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) - a species new to Britain Entomologist's Gazette 44, 271-273 Ent. Gazette 44: 271-273.
Gibbs, D. 2003 Cerodontha silvatica (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) new to Britain Dipterists Digest 2003 10,61-65 Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 61-65.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerodontha luzulae (a leaf-mining fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cerodontha luzulae (a leaf-mining fly)

A leaf-mining fly that mines the leaves of Greater Woodrush (Luzula sylvatica). It was added to British list in 1993

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