Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mines in Harford Co., Maryland (6/4/2018). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.

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A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf blotch in Harford Co., Maryland (8/12/2018).

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A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mine in Harford Co., Maryland (8/13/2018).

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Old leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2018).

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The leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in a Common Milkweed leaf in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/22/2013). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 420599 - Psn: 144)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 319035 - Psn: 155)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 460392 - Psn: 165)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 480899 - Psn: 166)

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/26/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 647102 - Psn: 178)

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2024). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1211496 - Psn: 190)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2024). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 480900 - Psn: 195)

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/21/2020). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 315846 - Psn: 200)

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/21/2020). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/24/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 480901 - Psn: 215)

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/26/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 647104 - Psn: 225)

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"Liriomyza asclepiadi makes a small, fairly regular mine in milkweed , with diffused greenish excrement" (Eiseman and Charney, 2010). Common on Common Milkweed.

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mines in Harford Co., Maryland (6/4/2018). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf blotch in Harford Co., Maryland (8/12/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

A Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly leaf mine in Harford Co., Maryland (8/13/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Old leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

The leaf mines of the Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in a Common Milkweed leaf in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/22/2013). Verified by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) apistopanchax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Deborah Barber via iNaturalist.

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2024). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Matthew Beziat.

Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/21/2020). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

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Liriomyza asclepiadis

Liriomyza asclepiadis mines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Agromyzidae
Subfamily:	Phytomyzinae
Genus:	Liriomyza
Species:	L. asclepiadis
Binomial name
*Liriomyza asclepiadis* Spencer, 1969^[1]

Liriomyza asclepiadis is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.^[2]

Distribution

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Canada, United States.

References

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^ Spencer, K.A. (1969). "The Agromyzidae of Canada and Alaska". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 64: 311 pp.
^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.

Taxon identifiers
Liriomyza asclepiadis	Wikidata: Q14245401 BOLD: 520970 BugGuide: 551596 CoL: 3VCHV EoL: 2709777 GBIF: 1553383 iNaturalist: 362539 ITIS: 143917 NCBI: 1200980 Open Tree of Life: 938631

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Milkweed Leaf-Miner Fly

Liriomyza asclepiadis Spencer, 1969

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