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Pea leafminer

Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926)

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about the pea 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 pea leafminer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pea leafminer as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Netherlandsinvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Croatia
  6. Cyprus
  7. France
  8. Ireland
  9. Japan
  10. Mauritius
  11. Nepal
  12. Poland
  13. Russia
  14. Slovenia
  15. South Africa
  16. Türkiye
  17. 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 pea 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 pea leafminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAgromyzidae
  6. genusLiriomyza
  7. SpeciesLiriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926)

Synonyms Agromyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza cucumifoliae

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Potato leaf minerEnglish
  • vrtalka jihoamerickáCzech
  • krysanteemin suonimiinajakärpänenFinnish
  • Mouche mineuse sud-américaineFrench
  • søramerikansk minérflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • NerfmineervliegDutch
  • søramerikansk minerflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • แมลงวันหนอนชอนใบเบญจมาศThai
  • krysanteeminsuonikärpänenFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pea leafminer

Other species in the same genus Liriomyza.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pea leafminer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pea leafminer as invasive in 2 countries: China and Netherlands. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

What kind of animal is the pea leafminer?

The pea leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) belongs to the family Agromyzidae 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). Pea leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-leafminer

MLA

“Pea leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-leafminer.

BibTeX
@misc{pea_leafminer_2026,
  title = {Pea leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-leafminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}