Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780) is a animal in the Tephritidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780)

Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780)

Philophylla caesio is a gall fly found in the Palearctic whose larvae mine Urtica leaves.

Family
Genus
Philophylla
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780)

Philophylla caesio is a species of fly that belongs to Tephritidae, the family of gall flies. It is distributed in the Palearctic region. Its larvae mine the leaves of plants in the genus Urtica.

Photo: (c) Paweł Fortuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paweł Fortuna · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tephritidae Philophylla

More from Tephritidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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