What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Serpentine leafminer been recorded?

Liriomyza trifolii occurrence evidence comes from 389 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1913 to 2021. Most records come from United States.

InsectaDipteraAgromyzidaeLiriomyza

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

389 records across 33 countries and territories, 1913–2021.

Liriomyza trifolii · GBIF taxon key 1553384

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: April.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19132021

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Serpentine leafminer has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Serpentine leafminer. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 86
Costa Rica 51
Colombia 43
Kenya 42
Mauritius 42
South Africa 24
Canada 14
Trinidad & Tobago 12
Réunion 9
Spain 6
Ethiopia 6
United Kingdom 5
Guam 5
Guyana 5
France 4
Israel 4
Tanzania 4
Bahamas 3
Zambia 3
Switzerland 2
Guadeloupe 2
Italy 2
Malta 2
Sudan 2
Sweden 2
Senegal 2
Argentina 1
Australia 1
Dominican Republic 1
Finland 1
Croatia 1
Philippines 1
Samoa 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.