Agromyza ambigua
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Agromyzidae
- Genus: Agromyza
- Species: Agromyza ambigua
Visual Description
Agromyza ambigua is a small fly typical of the family Agromyzidae. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark-bodied insect with characteristic dipteran features, including a single pair of membranous wings and prominent compound eyes.[1] The body is generally compact, and the legs are slender. Due to the nature of the preserved specimens, fine morphological details such as specific setal patterns or wing venation are not resolved in these images.[1]
Ecology and Behavior
Agromyza ambigua, sometimes referred to as the Yano leaf miner, is known as a pest of wheat in Japan, with a distribution encompassing Kyushu, Shikoku, and western Honshu.[2]
Temperature Responses
The species exhibits distinct temperature-dependent activity thresholds:
Diurnal Activity
Adults are diurnal, with oviposition and feeding occurring between sunrise and sunset. Activity levels are influenced by temperature, sunshine, and luminosity. High temperatures (leaf temperatures >25°C) suppress activity, leading to a double-peak activity pattern on warmer days. Wind speeds exceeding 5 m/s can mechanically suppress adult feeding and oviposition. Larval feeding occurs day and night, though it is most active during the day and is also suppressed by high temperatures.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Agromyzidae / Agromyza / ambigua constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Eikichi HASUKO. Ecological Studies on the Yano Leaf Miner, Agromyza ambigua yanonis MATSUMURA. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology. 1957. https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.1.20.