Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
Clickable Guide
Interactive image map to choose major taxa Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Liriomyza eupatoriella

Species Liriomyza eupatoriella

Representative Images

Liriomyza eupatoriella - male Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Vernonia novaboracensis D2298 2020 2.1 - Liriomyza eupatoriella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Vernonia novaboracensis D2298 2020 4 - Liriomyza eupatoriella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Vernonia novaboracensis D2298 2020 5 - Liriomyza eupatoriella New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner on Vernonia D3743 Liriomyza 2022 1.1 - Liriomyza eupatoriella New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner on Vernonia D3743 Liriomyza 2022 4 - Liriomyza eupatoriella New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner on Vernonia D4040 Liriomyza 2022 4 - Liriomyza eupatoriella Agromyzidae, on Ironweed, under side of leaf - Liriomyza eupatoriella

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 Liriomyza
Species eupatoriella (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

Explanation of Names

eupatoriella refers to the former genus of the host plant, white snakeroot.

Range

IA, KS, MA, MD, VA, WI (1)

Remarks

Larvae make linear mines in leaves of white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima; formerly Eupatorium rugosum) and ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) (1)

See Also

Unidentified mines on Ageratina

Works Cited

1.New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species
Charles S. Eiseman & Owen Lonsdale. 2018. Zootaxa.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 June, 2009 - 8:13pm
Last updated 14 September, 2018 - 10:12am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact