Species Phytomyza gymnostoma - Onion leaf miner

Classification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Colorful tiny fly - Phytomyza gymnostoma

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Agromyzidae (Leaf Miner Flies)

Subfamily Phytomyzinae

Genus Phytomyza

No Taxon (Subgenus Napomyza)

Species gymnostoma (Onion leaf miner)

Range

Originally from central Europe, now from UK to Siberia and recently in the Northeast USA.

Season

Spring and fall as adults, summer and winter as pupae

Food

Larvae mine leaves of Allium, most often leeks because leaves are available during both flight periods.

Remarks

Other leaf miners in Allium are species of Liriomyza with yellow scutellum. They do not cause wilting leaves.

Internet References

Pest alert (Penn State)

Biology and management of Phytomyza gymnostoma (Cornell)

Allium Leafminer (Cornell)

Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 September, 2019 - 8:27am
Last updated 19 May, 2020 - 7:48am

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