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Columbine Blotch Leafminer

Phytomyza aquilegiae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) willt98, some rights reserved (CC BY)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 18, February 13, March 20, April 32, May 46, June 50, July 54, August 46, September 34, October 25, November 14, December 11.
United States362
Alaska362
Germany19
United Kingdom7
England7
Berlin6
Ukraine5
Finland4
Austria4
Hessen4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyLeaf-miner Flies · Agromyzidae
GenusPhytomyza

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Columbine Blotch Leafminer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.