New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-14
4479
1
1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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1175-5326
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Liriomyza orilliensis
Spencer
(
Figs. 146–147
)
Material
examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Berkshire Co.
,
Stockbridge
,
Stock Mountain
,
19.vi.2015
, em.
3– 4.vii.2015
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Prenanthes
, #CSE1676,
CNC564627
,
CNC564628
(
2♀
)
.
Hosts.
Asteraceae
: *
Prenanthes
L.
,
Taraxacum
F.H. Wigg. (
Lonsdale 2017
)
.
Leaf mine.
(
Figs. 146–147
) Pale greenish, turning brownish; beginning as an irregular track along the leaf margin, gradually expanding to an elongate blotch; frass mostly in squiggly strips. In the single occupied mine found, three larvae fed side by side.
Puparium.
Orange-brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
*
USA
: MA;
Canada
: AB, ON.
Comments.
Our specimens are the first known females of this species.