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Host-associated allozyme variation in tree cambium miners, Phytobia spp. (Diptera: Agromyzidae).
Heredity - 1 Nov 2002
Nyman T, Ylioja T, Roininen H
Abstract excerpt
The larvae of the agromyzid flies that belong to the genus Phytobia Lioy feed by mining in the differentiating xylem just below the cambium of growing forest trees. The genus, which is apparently one of the most primitive groups in the Agromyzidae, comprises over 50 currently recognized species. Most of the species are mono- or oligophagous, and the host plants belong to numerous genera in about 60 families....
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