Meromyza pratorum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic.fauna-eu.org from Fauna EuropaeaBei-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. The larva feeds on Poaceae such as Calamagrostis epigeios and probably other species of the genus Calamagrostis, and Leymus arenarius.Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk and L. I. Fedoseeva and 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 .
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