Meromyza triangulina
| Meromyza triangulina | |
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| Meromyza triangulina North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chloropidae |
| Genus: | Meromyza |
| Species: | M. triangulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Meromyza triangulina Fedoseeva, 1960 | |
Meromyza triangulina is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae that is found in the Palearctic.[1][2] The larvae feed on Festuca ovina and Festuca rubra. M. triangulina usually emerge in the summer and overwinter as larvae. They are usually found in grasslands, meadows, and dunes, where their host grasses grow. They are stemborers, which means that the larvae live inside of the stem of their host grass, which can cause the top of the grass to wither, a condition that is usually referred as "silver top."[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ↑ Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk and L. I. Fedoseeva A review of the grassflies of the genus Meromyza Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Chloropidae) of the Palaearctic fauna, with a key to the species, analysis of synonymy, host specialization, and geographical distribution: Part 1 Entomological Review 91(1), March 2011 DOI: 10.1134/S001387381101009X pdf.