Liriomyza huidobrensis(LIRIHU)
Distribution details in Australia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2020
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2021-07)
First recorded in: 2020
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2021-07)
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/001) : first found in October 2020 near Sydney (New South Wales), and in December 2020 in the Fassifern Valley (Queensland). Eradication is no longer considered feasible.
also found in Tasmania in 2026.
also found in Tasmania in 2026.
* Anon. (1984) Plant Quarantine Leaflet, Commonwealth Department of Health, Australia No. 39, 4 pp.
------- Establishment prevented by stringent quarantine measures.
* Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (2026) Biosecurity Tasmania: Serpentine leafminer in tasmania. Accessed at: https://nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/plant-biosecurity/pests-and-diseases/serpentine-leafminer
* INTERNET
- Government of New South Wales. Department of Primary Industries (2020-11) Serpentine leafminer. https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant/insect-pests-and-plant-diseases/exotic-leaf-miners
- Government of Queensland. The Beatsheet. Pest management for Australia’s Northern Grains region (2020-12) Serpentine leafminer – another exotic leaf-mining fly now in Australia. https://thebeatsheet.com.au/serpentine-leafminer-another-exotic-leaf-mining-fly-now-in-australia/
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
Australia (AUS-103/3 of 2021-07-30) Liriomyza huidobrensis (serpentine leafminer) in New South Wales and Queensland. https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/australia/pestreports/2021/07/liriomyza-huidobrensis-in-new-south-wales-and-queensland/
* Mulholland S, Gopurenko D, Mirrington R, Löcker B, Gillespie P, Rossiter L, Anderson C (2022) First report of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and its impacts in Australia. Austral Entomology 61(3), 350-357.
* NPPO of Australia (1993).
------- Intercepted only.
* Xu X, Coquilleau MP, Ridland PM, Umina PA, Yang Q, Hoffmann AA (2021) Molecular identification of leafmining flies from Australia including new Liriomyza outbreaks. Journal of Economic Entomology 114(5), 1983-1990.
------- Establishment prevented by stringent quarantine measures.
* Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (2026) Biosecurity Tasmania: Serpentine leafminer in tasmania. Accessed at: https://nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/plant-biosecurity/pests-and-diseases/serpentine-leafminer
* INTERNET
- Government of New South Wales. Department of Primary Industries (2020-11) Serpentine leafminer. https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant/insect-pests-and-plant-diseases/exotic-leaf-miners
- Government of Queensland. The Beatsheet. Pest management for Australia’s Northern Grains region (2020-12) Serpentine leafminer – another exotic leaf-mining fly now in Australia. https://thebeatsheet.com.au/serpentine-leafminer-another-exotic-leaf-mining-fly-now-in-australia/
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
Australia (AUS-103/3 of 2021-07-30) Liriomyza huidobrensis (serpentine leafminer) in New South Wales and Queensland. https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/australia/pestreports/2021/07/liriomyza-huidobrensis-in-new-south-wales-and-queensland/
* Mulholland S, Gopurenko D, Mirrington R, Löcker B, Gillespie P, Rossiter L, Anderson C (2022) First report of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and its impacts in Australia. Austral Entomology 61(3), 350-357.
* NPPO of Australia (1993).
------- Intercepted only.
* Xu X, Coquilleau MP, Ridland PM, Umina PA, Yang Q, Hoffmann AA (2021) Molecular identification of leafmining flies from Australia including new Liriomyza outbreaks. Journal of Economic Entomology 114(5), 1983-1990.