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
29197
10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Liriomyza baccharidis
Spencer
(
Fig. 135
)
Material
examined.
OKLAHOMA
:
Payne Co.
,
Mehan
,
36.014339° N
,
96.996744° W
,
24.iv.2016
, em. by
12.v.2016
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Erigeron
annuus
, #CSE2654,
CNC653994
(
1♂
)
;
TEXAS
:
Edwards Co.
,
1.3 miles
NW of Campwood
,
16.iii.2017
, em
.
7.iv.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Baccharis salicifolia
, #CSE3407, CNC941275 (1♂).
Hosts.
Asteraceae
:
Artemisia douglasiana
Besser,
Aster
sp. (cultivated),
Baccharis douglasii
DC.,
B. pilularis
DC. (empty leaf mines only),
B. *salicifolia
(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.,
Erigeron *
annuus
(L.) Pers.,
E. canadensis
L. (
Spencer 1981
; Lonsdale 2011).
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 135
) According to
Spencer (1981)
, a “dark, upper surface linear mine which not infrequently starts at the apex of a leaf and there appears blotch-like”; frass is in black strips. The mines on
Erigeron
annuus
were whitish and entirely linear,
1–2 mm
wide at the end, at least some of them switching between the upper and lower leaf surfaces.
Puparium.
Orange (
Spencer 1981
); formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: AZ, CA, ID, *OK, *TX, WA;
Canada
: BC;
Colombia
;
Venezuela
.