Columbine Leafminers feeding on Red Columbine in Harford Co., Maryland (5/5/2018).

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Columbine Leafminers in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018).

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Leafmines of a Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/11/2019).

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Columbine Leafminer in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/14/2017).

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Several Columbine Leafminer mines in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/12/2016).

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Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/7/2019).

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Columbine Leafminers in Harford Co., Maryland (7/2/2017).

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Mines of Columbine Leafminer larvae in Harford Co., Maryland (6/29/2020).

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Larvae create mines in columbine leaves.

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Columbine Leafminers feeding on Red Columbine in Harford Co., Maryland (5/5/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Columbine Leafminers in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Leafmines of a Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/11/2019). View Record Details Media by Tyler Bell.

Columbine Leafminer in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/14/2017). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Several Columbine Leafminer mines in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/12/2016). View Record Details Media by Rick Borchelt.

Columbine Leafminer in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/7/2019). View Record Details Media by Kerry Wixted.

Columbine Leafminers in Harford Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Mines of Columbine Leafminer larvae in Harford Co., Maryland (6/29/2020). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

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Phytomyza aquilegivora


Adult (top) and leaf mines on Aquilegia vulgaris (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Agromyzidae
Subfamily:	Phytomyzinae
Genus:	Phytomyza
Species:	P. aquilegivora
Binomial name
*Phytomyza aquilegivora* Spencer, 1969^[1]

Phytomyza aquilegivora, the columbine leafminer, is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.^[2]

Distribution

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Canada, United States.

References

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^ Spencer, K.A. (1969). "The Agromyzidae of Canada and Alaska". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 64: 311 pp.
^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.

Taxon identifiers
Phytomyza aquilegivora	Wikidata: Q14233314 ADW: Phytomyza_aquilegivora BOLD: 32878 BugGuide: 532086 CoL: 6VJB8 EoL: 742401 GBIF: 1552016 iNaturalist: 499395 IRMNG: 10130100 ITIS: 144216 NatureServe: 2.1067883 NCBI: 132620 Open Tree of Life: 651410

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Columbine Leafminer

Phytomyza aquilegivora Spencer, 1969

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