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
156
journal article
29197
10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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1175-5326
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Phytomyza aquilegivora
Spencer
(
Fig. 177
)
Material
examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Hampshire Co.
,
Pelham
, 88
Arnold Rd.
,
25.v.2012
, em. by
4.vii.2012
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Aquilegia vulgaris
(
1♂
)
.
Hosts.
Ranunculaceae
:
Aquilegia canadensis
L.,
A
. formosa
Fisch.
ex DC., *
A
. vulgaris
L. (
Spencer 1969
,
1981
).
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 177
) An irregular, whitish, upper surface linear mine, with frass in scattered black grains or strips (
Spencer 1969
). The larva exits through a slit in the lower epidermis.
Puparium.
Smooth, shining, compact, yellowish to brown; formed outside the mine, sometimes loosely attached to the underside of the leaf.
Distribution.
USA
: CA, CT, DC, IL, *MA, NC (
Scheffer
et al
. 2007
), NY;
Canada
: AB (
Sehgal 1971
), ON.