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Serpentine leafminer

Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess, 1880)

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about the serpentine 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 serpentine leafminer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the serpentine leafminer as introduced in 11 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Japaninvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Canary Islands
  5. Cyprus
  6. Denmark
  7. France
  8. Ireland
  9. Kenya
  10. Poland
  11. Slovenia

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 serpentine 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 serpentine leafminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyAgromyzidae
  6. genusLiriomyza
  7. SpeciesLiriomyza trifolii (Burgess, 1880)

Synonyms Agromyza phaseolunata, Agromyza phaseolunulata, Liriomyza alliovora, Liriomyza phaseolunata, Liriomyza phaseolunulata, Liriomyza trifolli, Oscinis trifolii

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • American serpentine leaf minerEnglish
  • floridankärpänenFinnish
  • マメハモグリバエJapanese
  • 아메리카잎굴파리Korean
  • floridaminérflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • FloridamineervliegDutch
  • floridaminerflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • serpentinminerarflugaSwedish
  • แมลงวันมะเขือเทศThai
  • Yaprak Galeri SineğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the serpentine leafminer

Other species in the same genus Liriomyza.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the serpentine leafminer an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the serpentine leafminer as invasive in 2 countries: China and Japan. It lists it as introduced in 11 in all.

What kind of animal is the serpentine leafminer?

The serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii) 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). Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/serpentine-leafminer

MLA

“Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/serpentine-leafminer.

BibTeX
@misc{serpentine_leafminer_2026,
  title = {Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/serpentine-leafminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}