Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Images from Japan 4

Posted by Xespok on 26-06-2005 16:15
#1
This was a very small fly that was active very early during the year. I have no clue what this could be.

Other views of this and other flies are on my web pages at

http://xespok.net/gallery/Unknown_family_Diptera_Brachycera .
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0441-1.jpg

Posted by Kahis on 26-06-2005 16:48
#2
A leafminer fly (Agromyzidae). The wing venation points towards genus Phytomyza with more than 300 species described from Europe alone.

Posted by Xespok on 26-06-2005 23:34
#3
This fly was found invariably on cabbage or related cruciferous plants. I think this one is a cosmopoiitan pest species. Does this give any clue?

Posted by Xespok on 26-06-2005 23:55
#4
After some google search there seems to be a well-researched cosmopolitan Phytomyza sp indeed, Phytomyza rufipes. Can someone confirm that?

I have not found usable images on the net unfortunately using Phytomyza rufipes or cabbage leaf miner as keywords.