Cerodontha denticornis (Panzer, [1806])
(a leaf-mining fly)

Interactions where Cerodontha denticornis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf -> sheath		Sole
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf sheath		Sole
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow Foxtail	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/	Alopecurus pratensis	meadow foxtail			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow Foxtail	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/	Alopecurus pratensis	meadow foxtail			leaf sheath		Major
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Festuca gigantea	Giant Fescue	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Festuca gigantea	Giant Fescue	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca gigantea/	Festuca gigantea	giant fescue			leaf sheath		Major
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Festuca pratensis	Meadow Fescue	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca pratensis/	Festuca pratensis	meadow fescue			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Festuca pratensis	Meadow Fescue	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca pratensis/	Festuca pratensis	meadow fescue			leaf sheath		Major
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog			leaf sheath		Major
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass			leaf sheath		Major
larva		larva mines leaf -> sheath			Elytrigia repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/	Elytrigia repens	common couch			leaf -> sheath		Major
puparium		puparium may be found in leaf sheath			Elytrigia repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/	Cerodontha denticornis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/	Elytrigia repens	common couch			leaf sheath		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly)
Genus	Cerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
Family	AGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
Superfamily	OPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cerodontha denticornis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly)

Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cerodontha
(a genus of leaf-mining flies)

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerodontha denticornis (a leaf-mining fly):

Cerodontha
(a genus of leaf-mining flies)

AGROMYZIDAE
(leaf-mining flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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