Agromyzidae

plural noun

Ag·​ro·​my·​zi·​dae

ˌa-grō-ˈmī-zə-ˌdē,

-ˈmi-

: a family of small or minute acalyptrate two-winged flies having phytophagous larvae many of which are leaf miners on cultivated plants

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Agromyza, type genus + -idae

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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