Phytomyza vitalbae Kaltenbach, 1872
(a leaf-mining fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytomyza vitalbae (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusPhytomyza (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)
Records of Phytomyza vitalbae (a leaf-mining fly) :
1: Phytomyza vitalbae (a leaf-mining fly)
1 May 2002 OSGR: SP50 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Leaf mine on Traveller’s Joy
Image 1: Leaf mines - top surfaceImage 2: Leaf mines - top surface (2)Image 3: Leaf mines - top surface (3)Image 4: Leaf mines - top surface - enlargedImage 5: Leaf mines - top surface - enlarged (2)Image 6: Leaf mines - top surface - enlarged (3)Image 7: Leaf mines - top surface - enlarged (4)Image 8: Leaf mines - top surface - enlarged (5)Image 9: Leaf mines - top surface - enlarged (6)Image 10: Leaf mines - under surfaceImage 11: Leaf mines - under surface (2)Image 12: Leaf mines - under surface - enlargedImage 13: Leaf mine - top surface - enlargedImage 14: Puparium - magnified

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

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