Paper contains the literature review on the following subjects: - occurrence and spreading, - morphology of eggs, larvae and adults, - host plants and nutritive preferences, - biology, mainly development activity of adults and fertility of females, - methods of control.
The presented studies revealed the usefulness of spruce oil, basil oil, juniper oil and clove oil in monitoring of the occurrence of pea leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis Blanchard). While using above mentioned oils on yellow sticky traps, it was found that the number of trapped insects increased significantly. In relation to the control (traps without any addition of aromatic substance), the increase amounted to: 561.33%, 287.95%, 159.74% and 130.77%, respectively.