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Species Liriomyza brassicae - Serpentine leaf miner

Garlic Mustard host - Liriomyza brassicae Pelham road leaf miner on Lepidium virginicum D671 2017 3 - Liriomyza brassicae St. Andrews leaf miner on Lepidium virginicum SA1338 2018 3 - Liriomyza brassicae Liriomyza brassicae from kale - Liriomyza brassicae Liriomyza brassicae from kale - Liriomyza brassicae Lower surface - Liriomyza brassicae Leaf miner, Boechera - Liriomyza brassicae Kitty Hawk beach leaf miner on Cakile edentula D3570 2022 2 - Liriomyza brassicae
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 brassicae (Serpentine leaf miner)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Liriomyza brassicae (Riley 1885)
Range
Cosmopolitan
Food
Larvae feed on Brassicaceae and several other families
Remarks
Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)