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

Genus Liriomyza

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
St. Andrews leaf miner on Symphyotrichum pilosum maybe SA293 2016 2 - Liriomyza eupatorii Pelham road leaf miner on Lactuca canadensis D394 2017 1 - Liriomyza taraxaci Leaf mines on Bidens pilosa - Liriomyza Agromyzidae, leaf mine on Giant Ragweed - Liriomyza St. Andrews leaf miner on Mecardonia acuminata SA1339 Carolina bay 5-20 2018 8 - Liriomyza trifolii Green Cay leaf miner on Sagitaria D1288 lancifolia 2018 2 - Liriomyza schmidti Leaf mine on Lupinus truncatus - Liriomyza Liriomyza arctii? Host plant Burdock - Liriomyza arctii
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Galiomyza Spencer, 1981 was synonymized with Liriomyza by Lonsdale (2017).
Explanation of Names
Liriomyza Mik 1894
Numbers
~70 spp. in our area(1), ~220 total(2)
Identification
Frons dark, first flagellomere yellow, fore tibia without lateral setae, first flagellomere without apical spine, M1+2 ending nearer to wing tip than R4+5, halter light colored, C extends to M1+2, fronto-orbital setae erect, reclinate, or absent, Sc incomplete(1)
Habitat
The larvae all mine leaves. 3 species, L. huidobrensis, L. sativae, and L. trifolii are highly polyphagous and are agricultural pests in Florida and California. (1)
Food
pest spp:
Liriomyza brassicae (Riley) - Serpentine leaf miner
Liriomyza sativae Blanchard - Vegetable leaf miner
Life Cycle
Leaf mine | Puparium in leaf | Puparium | Adult
Remarks
Like a few other agromyzid genera, these produce sound with a stridulatory comb on hind femur and a file on 1st abdominal segment(1).
Print References
Lonsdale, Owen. 2017. The Liriomyza (Diptera: Schizophora: Agromyzidae) of Canada & Alaska. Zootaxa 4234 (1): 1–156.
Internet References
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Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 14 February, 2007 - 4:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 4 January, 2019 - 10:28pm

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