Liriomyza trifolii
American Serpentine Leafminer | |
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Type: | Insect |
Binomial: | Liriomyza trifolii |
Family: | Agromyzidae |
Order: | Diptera |
Metamorphosis: | Complete |
Damaging stages: | Larvae |
Liriomyza trifolii is a Pest of greenhouses and warm climates, though it may seasonally escape in cooler climates. It is a Leaf Miner of many cultivated and weedy species.
Description edit
A small yellow fly as an adult, a leaf-mining maggot as a larva.
Symptoms and Signs edit
Mining of leaves, eventually causing leaf drop.
Ecology edit
This insect has been spreading throughout the world over the past decades, believed to be transported on florist's materials.
Host plants edit
- Allium (Onion)
- Apium (Celery)
- Aster
- Bellis
- Benincasa (Wax Gourd)
- Beta
- Brassica
- Bidens
- Capsicum (Pepper)
- Chrysanthemum
- Citrullus
- Cucumis
- Cucurbita
- Dahlia
- Daucus
- Dendranthema
- Eupatorium
- Erechtites (Pilewort)
- Gerbera
- Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
- Helianthus
- Lactuca (Lettuce)
- Lagenaria (Hyotan)
- Lycopersicon
- Petunia
- Phaseolus (Bean)
- Pisum
- Solanum
- Spinacia (Spinach)
- Tagetes
- Zinnia
Control edit
- Cultural controls: Control weed hosts
- Physical removal: Rogue out infested plants, dispose of infested materials quickly
- Pesticides: Cyromazine, Abamectin
- Predators and parasites: Parasitic Wasps and Ants