Cereal Fly
Geomyza tripunctata Fallén, 1823
Cereal Fly: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/23173
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Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Denmark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Opomyzidae
Genus: Geomyza
Species:
G. tripunctata
Binomial name
Geomyza tripunctata
(Fallen, 1823)

Geomyza tripunctata is a species of fly in the family Opomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3]

May to November. A herbicole found in grassland and cereal fields. Common throughout Europe. Norway and Lapland Siberia. Algeria.Tunisia. Found up to 2.300 m. The larvae tunnel in the stems of grasses and cereal.

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
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