Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly Liriomyza asclepiadis Spencer, 1969    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Agromyzidae   >   Genus Liriomyza   

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"Liriomyza asclepiadi makes a small, fairly regular mine in milkweed , with diffused greenish excrement" (Eiseman and Charney, 2010). Common on Common Milkweed.

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mines in Harford Co., Maryland (6/4/2018). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf blotch in Harford Co., Maryland (8/12/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mine in Harford Co., Maryland (8/13/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Old leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

The leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in a Common Milkweed leaf in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/22/2013). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Deborah Barber via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/26/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/21/2020). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/26/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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