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Cabbage leafminer

Liriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1885)

Status not recordedinsects

The cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae) is a species in the family Agromyzidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the cabbage 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 cabbage leafminer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cabbage leafminer as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 cabbage 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 cabbage leafminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAgromyzidae
  6. genusLiriomyza
  7. SpeciesLiriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1885)

Synonyms Liriomyza hawaiiensis, Liriomyza ornephila, Oscinis brassicae, Phytomyza mitis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Serpentine leaf minerEnglish
  • miniarka kapuściankaPolish
  • Крестоцветный минёрRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cabbage leafminer

Other species in the same genus Liriomyza.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cabbage leafminer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cabbage leafminer as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cabbage leafminer?

The cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae) belongs to the family Agromyzidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-leafminer

MLA

“Cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-leafminer.

BibTeX
@misc{cabbage_leafminer_2026,
  title = {Cabbage leafminer (Liriomyza brassicae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-leafminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}