Liriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1884)

Doukale Daief, Mourad, von Tschirnhaus, Michael & Kettani, Kawtar, 2025, New records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Morocco, ZooKeys 1230, pp. 81-97 : 81-97

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.141900

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:57CCF242-9E56-4623-A6A1-B9D04706C71D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14976050

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92BBF7A3-A0A8-509D-8CFD-898D93310688

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scientific name

Liriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1884)
status

 

Liriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1884) View in CoL

Material examined.

Morocco. • 1 ♂; Rif, Souk El Had, Oued El Koub ; 23 Apr. 2018; K. Kettani leg.; sweep net; LESCB -R 18/24 .

Distribution.

Wide distribution as an agricultural pest, including in the Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Senegal, Spain (Canary Islands), South Africa, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. In the Palaearctic Region including Egypt, France ( Corsica), Germany, Iraq, Japan, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Turkey. First record from Morocco.

Habitat.

The male was captured on the banks of a river bordered by Erica arborea , Pistacia lentiscus and Rubus ulmifolius .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

SubFamily

Phytomyzinae

Genus

Liriomyza