| Liriomyza eupatorii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Agromyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Phytomyzinae |
| Genus: | Liriomyza |
| Species: | L. eupatorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Liriomyza eupatorii (Kaltenbach, 1874) [1] | |
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Liriomyza eupatorii is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. [2] The fly, is found in Europe and was described by the German entomolgist, Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach in 1874. [3]
The larvae mine the leaves of the Asteraceae and the Lamiaceae, including Aster species, lesser snakeroot ( Ageratina aromatica ), hemp-agrimony ( Eupatorium cannabinum ), red hemp-nettle (Galeopsis ladanum var. angustifolia), hairy hemp-nettle ( Galeopsis pubescens ), downy hemp-nettle ( Galeopsis segetum ), large-flowered hemp-nettle ( Galeopsis speciosa ), common hemp-nettle ( Galeopsis tetrahit ), sunflowers ( Helianthus species), common nipplewort ( Lapsana communis ) and European goldenrod ( Solidago virgaurea ). [3]
