author(s)
MK Ghelani, BB Kabaria, KD Shah and YH Ghelani

abstract
Investigations on biology of serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) were carried out under laboratory condition at Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during 2018-19. The average incubation period, hatching per cent (%), first, second & third instar, total larval and pupal period of L. trifolii were 2.57 ± 0.65, 90.44 ± 5.56%, 1.10 ± 0.18, 1.69 ± 0.28 & 1.97 ± 0.33, 4.76 ± 0.79 and 9.42 ± 1.15 days, respectively. The oviposition period was 2.48 ± 0.54 days while the fecundity was 101.84 ± 36.07 eggs /female. The longevity & entire life span of male and female fly was 5.05 ± 0.78 & 21.20 ± 1.15 and 6.09 ± 1.15 & 23.42 ± 1.26 days, respectively.