Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Agromyzidae: The Serpentine Miner...


The leafminer belongs to the genus, Liromyzae is the economically important pest of most horticultural crops. The maggots are legless, yellowish green and can grow upto 3 mm. Maggots developed with thin and forward reaching mouthparts.
The video depicts how the serpentine miner damaging the mesophyll layer of leaf and its internal body movement during feeding.



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