Hexomyza simplex (Loew, 1869)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Hexomyza simplex is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 (gregarious) gregarious larva mines stem UK/IrelandRestricted Asparagus officinalis Asparagus, Garden Asparagus Asparagales: Asparagaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Hexomyza simplex/Hexomyza simplexa leaf-mining flygregariouslarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/Asparagus officinalisasparagus, garden asparagusstemSole (summer)
puparium puparium may be found in stem UK/IrelandRestricted Asparagus officinalis Asparagus, Garden Asparagus Asparagales: Asparagaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Hexomyza simplex/Hexomyza simplexa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/Asparagus officinalisasparagus, garden asparagusstemSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHexomyza simplex (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusHexomyza (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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 Hexomyza simplex (a leaf-mining fly)

Hexomyza simplex (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 Hexomyza simplex (a leaf-mining fly):

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