Family

AGROMYZIDAE

Subfamily

PHYTOMYZINAE

Genus

LIRIOMYZA

Species

Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach, 1858)

Mine

A short, irregular, linear upper surface mine on any part of the leaf [also recorded from young pods]. The puparium is frequently found partially within the mine, protruding from the exit slit.

Known from over 100 genera. A common miner of Tomato in greenhouses.

Host Plants

Confusion Species

Other Liriomyza spp, Chromatomyia horticola and C. syngenesiae.

Recording Grade

5

National Status

pRDB 2.

Puparium

Pale yellowish-brown; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 7-12 bulbs.

Adult

Head: 2 ors, 2-3 ori; orbital setulae minute, sparse, reclinate or almost entirely lacking; third antennal segment small round, with normal short pubescence.
Mesonotum: 3+1 dc; acr in 4 rows.
Wing: 1.75-2.1 mm; discal cell relatively large, last section of vein M3+4 2x length of penultimate.
Colour: frons, orbits and antennae bright yellow. hind-margin of eye black beyond base of vte but both vt on yellow ground; mesonotum black, largely shining but with distinct matt undertone; mesopleura predominantly yellow, normally with small black bar on lower margin which can extend up front margin; legs: femora bright yellow but with variable brownish striations, tibiae and tarsi more brownish; squamae yellowish, margin dark, fringe ochrous to brown.

Distribution

Mine

Genitalia