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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza brassicae)

Species Liriomyza brassicae - Serpentine leaf miner

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Garlic Mustard Leaf Miner ID Request - Liriomyza brassicae St. Andrews leaf miner on Lepidium virginicum SA327 2016 1 - Liriomyza brassicae St. Andrews leaf miner on Lepidium virginicum SA327 2016 3 - Liriomyza brassicae Liriomyza brassicae Leaf mine - Liriomyza brassicae Agromyzidae, Garlic Mustard, upper side of leaf - Liriomyza brassicae Leaf miner, Boechera - Liriomyza brassicae St. Andrews leaf miner on Lepidium virginianum SA2119 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)
Internet References
Hawaii
Australia Fact sheet
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 June, 2012 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 August, 2020 - 3:13pm

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