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Boxwood leafminer

Monarthropalpus flavus (Schrank, 1776)

Status not recordedinsects

The boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus) is a species in the family Cecidomyiidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the boxwood leafminer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the boxwood leafminer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the boxwood leafminer as introduced in 6 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Czechia
  4. Poland
  5. Slovenia
  6. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the boxwood leafminer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the boxwood leafminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCecidomyiidae
  6. genusMonarthropalpus
  7. SpeciesMonarthropalpus flavus (Schrank, 1776)

Synonyms Cecidomyia buxi, Diplosis buxi, Diplosis schineri, Monarthropalpus buxi, Tipula buxi, Tipula flava

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Boxwood gall midgeEnglish
  • bejlomorka zimostrázováCzech
  • BuksbomgalmygDanish
  • BuxusbladgalmugDutch
  • Галлица самшитоваяRussian
  • buxbomgallmyggaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the boxwood leafminer

Other species in the same family Cecidomyiidae.

Hessian fly

Mayetiola destructor

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Aphid midge

Aphidoletes aphidimyza

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Swede midge

Contarinia nasturtii

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Wheat midge

Sitodiplosis mosellana

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the boxwood leafminer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the boxwood leafminer as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 6 in all.

What kind of animal is the boxwood leafminer?

The boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus) belongs to the family Cecidomyiidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/boxwood-leafminer

MLA

“Boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/boxwood-leafminer.

BibTeX
@misc{boxwood_leafminer_2026,
  title = {Boxwood leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/boxwood-leafminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}