(Liriomyza spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
Description |
Liriomyza are small, leaf-mining flies. Adults are 1⁄16″to ⅛″ (2 to 3 mm) in length. The body is mostly yellow with some black areas. The third antennal segment (first flagellomere) is yellow, and it does not have a spine at the tip. The thorax is mostly yellow, but the plate on the first segment of the thorax (pronotum) is black. The plate between the thorax and the abdomen (scutellum) is black with a very large, yellow, cup-shaped spot at the base. The flight balancing organs (halteres) are pale. The abdomen is yellow with a variable amount of black. The upper side is black above with a thin yellow band on the rear margin of each segment. The underside is yellow. The sides may be yellow or partially or completely black. On the wings, the C vein extends to the end of the M1+2 vein, and the M1+2 vein ends closer to the wing tip than the R4+5 vein. The Sc vein is incomplete. |
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12/18/2024 |
Taxonomy |
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Order |
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Suborder |
Brachycera |
Infraorder |
Cyclorrhapha |
Zoosection |
Schizophora |
Zoosubsection |
Acalyptratae |
Superfamily |
Opomyzoidea |
Family |
Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies) |
Subfamily |
Phytomyzinae |
Subordinate Taxa |
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American serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii) burdock leafminer (Liriomyza arctii) cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae) kaka beak leafminer (Liriomyza clianthi) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza archboldi) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza assimilis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza avicenniae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza baptisiae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza blechi) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza carphephori) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza commelinae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza cracentis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza eupatorii) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza euphorbiella) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza fricki) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza galiivora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza garryae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza helianthi) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza hypopolymnia) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza ivorcutleri) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza langei) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza lathyri) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza limopsis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza marginalis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza mikaniovora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza nigriscutellata) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza orilliensis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza philadelphivora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza phloxiphaga) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza pilicornis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza pistilla) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza polygalivora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza ptarmicae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza sabaziae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza schmidti) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza septentrionalis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza smilacinae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza taraxaci) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza trifoliearum) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza triodanidis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza valerianivora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza venegasiae) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza violivora) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza virgo) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza zinniae) mahoe leaf leafminer (Liriomyza flavolateralis) milkweed leaf-miner fly (Liriomyza asclepiadis) pea leaf miner (Liriomyza huidobrensis) vegetable leafminer (Liriomyza sativae) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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Synonyms |
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Agrophila Antineura Craspedomyza Galiomyza Haplomyza Lyriomyza |
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Common Names |
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This genus has no common name. The common name of the family Agromyzidae is leaf miner flies, and it is used here for convenience. |
Glossary
Frons
The upper front part of an insect’s face, roughly corresponding to the forehead.
Halteres
In flies: a pair of knob-like structures on the thorax representing hind wings that are used for balance.
Scutellum
The exoskeletal plate covering the rearward (posterior) part of the middle segment of the thorax in some insects. In Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Homoptera, the dorsal, often triangular plate behind the pronotum and between the bases of the front wings. In Diptera, the exoskeletal plate between the abdomen and the thorax.
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