Lily leaf miner fly
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| Liriomyza urophorina | ||||||||||||
| Mik , 1894 |
The lily leaf miner fly ( Liriomyza urophorina ) belongs to the flies within the order of the two-winged species . Your maggots cause damage in the flowers of certain types of lily by mining in the petals, but also by damaging the stamens and ovaries.
features
After hatching, the maggots of the lily miner fly are small and white, later they are up to 4.5 mm long and 1 mm wide. At this stage they have a corn yellow, sometimes honey yellow color. Maggots that have also eaten pollen have red intestinal contents and therefore appear darker. Their skin is smooth and shiny like glass.
The small head segment is almost completely drawn into the first thoracic segment. The larva has strong mandibles, which protrude as small black tips from the head segment. With these mouthparts she can attack the petals and fruit systems of the lilies.
swell
- Josef Mik: About a new Agromyza whose larvae live in the flower buds of Liiium Martagon. In: Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, XIII. Year, IX. Issue, November 30, 1894 First description PDF, German