[Cerodontha luzulae/silvatica]
(a pair of similar leaf-mining flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Cerodontha luzulae
a leaf-mining fly
Species 2 ident. refs
Cerodontha silvatica
a leaf-mining fly
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 		Species 33 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Cerodontha luzulae/silvatica] (a pair of similar leaf-mining flies)
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)

[Cerodontha luzulae/silvatica] (a pair of similar leaf-mining flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Cerodontha luzulae/silvatica] (a pair of similar leaf-mining flies)

The leaf mines of these two species are identical and must be reared out or the larvae or puparia critically examined for determination.

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