Family Agromyzidae - Leaf Miner Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Bioblitz Durham NC Leaf miner on Erigeron annuus 3 2015 1 - Calycomyza humeralis

Sanibel Island leaf miner on Vigna luteola D1314 2018 1

Sanibel Island leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea maybe 2019 1

Agromyzidae, larvaX in mine - Liriomyza violivora

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)

Explanation of Names

Agromyzidae Fallén 1823

Numbers

~640 spp. in 19 genera in our area(1), >3,000 spp. in >40 genera worldwide(2)(3)

Size

1-5 mm(1)

Identification

Small, color is usually blackish or yellowish. Most species are more easily recognized by the mines than by the insects themselves.

Food

Larvae are leafminers, some are stem or seed borers(1)

Print References

(4)(5)(6)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	USDA Diptera Site (now closed)

3.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

4.	Agromyzidae of Florida with a supplement on species from the Caribbean Spencer K.A., Stegmaier C.E., Jr. 1973. Florida Department of Agriculture. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas v. 7. iv+205 pp. .

5.	Manual of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the United States - Agriculture Handbook Number 638 Kenneth A. Spencer and George C. Steyskal. 1986. United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service.

6.	Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the “Delmarva” states Owen Lonsdale. 2021. ZooKeys 1051: 1–481 .

Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless, Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 5:03pm

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