| Liriomyza baptisiae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Agromyzidae |
| Genus: | Liriomyza |
| Species: | L. baptisiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Liriomyza baptisiae (Frost, 1931) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Liriomyza baptisiae is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies, and flies (Diptera), though some beetles also exhibit this behavior.
The Agromyzidae are a family commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies, for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants.
The serpentine leaf miner is the larva of a fly, Liriomyza brassicae, in the family Agromyzidae, the leaf miner flies. It mines wild and cultivated plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Chinese broccoli.
Liriomyza sativae, commonly known as the vegetable leaf miner, is a species of insect, a fly in the family Agromyzidae. The larvae of this fly mine the leaves of a range of vegetables and weeds, but seem to favour plants in the families Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae.
Phytomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Agromyzidae. There are at least 520 described species in Phytomyzinae.
Liriomyza fricki is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza is a genus of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae. There are at least 410 described species in Liriomyza.
Liriomyza eupatorii is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza nigriscutellata is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza schmidti is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza taraxaci is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza ptarmicae is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza septentrionalis is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza trifoliearum is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza marginalis is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza smilacinae is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza venegasiae is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza commelinae is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Liriomyza blechi is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
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