Cerodontha pygmaea (Meigen, 1830)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Cerodontha pygmaea is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Restricted POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchleafSole
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Restricted POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchleaf-mineSole
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Molinia caeruleaQuestionable Purple Moor-grass Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Molinia caerulea/Molinia caeruleapurple moor-grass?leaf
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Molinia caeruleaQuestionable Purple Moor-grass Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Molinia caerulea/Molinia caeruleapurple moor-grass?leaf-mine
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Major Brachypodium sylvaticum False Brome, False-brome Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Brachypodium sylvaticum/Brachypodium sylvaticumfalse brome, false-bromeleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Major Brachypodium sylvaticum False Brome, False-brome Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Brachypodium sylvaticum/Brachypodium sylvaticumfalse brome, false-bromeleaf-mineMajor
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Major Bromus a genus of bromes Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bromus/Bromusa genus of bromesleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Major Bromus a genus of bromes Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bromus/Bromusa genus of bromesleaf-mineMajor
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Major Dactylis glomerata Cock’S Foot, Cock’s-foot Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis glomerata/Dactylis glomeratacock’s foot, cock's-footleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Major Dactylis glomerata Cock’S Foot, Cock’s-foot Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis glomerata/Dactylis glomeratacock’s foot, cock's-footleaf-mineMajor
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Major Deschampsia a genus of hair-grasses Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia/Deschampsiaa genus of hair-grassesleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Major Deschampsia a genus of hair-grasses Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia/Deschampsiaa genus of hair-grassesleaf-mineMajor
larva (communal) communal larva mines leaf Major Festuca fescue grasses Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca/Festucafescue grassesleafMajor
puparium puparium may be found in leaf-mine Major Festuca fescue grasses Poales: Poaceae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha pygmaea/Cerodontha pygmaeaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca/Festucafescue grassesleaf-mineMajor

Cerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusCerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly)

Cerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerodontha pygmaea (a leaf-mining fly):

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