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
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1
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journal article
29197
10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Agromyza
sp. 1
(
Fig. 80
)
Material
examined.
OHIO
:
Delaware Co.
,
Sunbury
,
Monkey Hollow Rd.
,
1.viii.2016
, em
.
26–29.viii.2016
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Verbesina alternifolia
, #CSE2951, CNC654471 (1♀).
Host.
Asteraceae
:
Verbesina alternifolia
(L.) Britton ex Kearney.
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 80
) Green, beginning at the leaf margin near a cluster of feeding punctures produced by the adult female’s ovipositor; five larvae feeding together, forming a gradually widening blotch. The larvae fed side by side throughout their development, following the leaf margin to the apex, all the way down to the base of the leaf on the other side, then reversing direction and feeding immediately adjacent to the existing mine. Frass is initially diffuse, later in dark, closely spaced small lumps and short streaks.
Puparium.
Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.
Comments.
No
Agromyza
has been associated with
Verbesina
previously. This species will likely prove to be
A
. ambrosivora
or
A
. virginiensis
Spencer.