hydrilla leaf mining flies, Hydrellia spp.  (Diptera: Ephydridae)

hydrilla leaf mining flies
Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Diptera > Ephydridae
Hydrellia spp. Robineau-Desviody, 1830


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Host: hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle
Photographer: USDA ARS Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States
Description: The cerci, located at the posterior end of the abdomen, are used to identify female Hydrellia. In H. pakistanae the cerci are distinctly L-shaped in contrast to H. balciunasi where the cerci are roughly triangular.
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Series: hydrilla biological control

 


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