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 albitarsis
Meigen
(
Figs. 2
,
63
)
Material
examined.
VERMONT
:
Chittenden Co.
,
South Burlington
,
Winooski Gorge
,
29.vi.2014
, em.
20.vii.2014
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Populus balsamifera
, #CSE1203,
CNC384877
,
CNC384878
(
1♂
1♀
)
.
Hosts.
Salicaceae
:
Populus balsamifera
L.,
P. tremuloides
Michx
,
P. trichocarpa
Torr. &
A
. Gray
ex. Hook. (
Spencer 1969
); recorded from various other
Populus
and
Salix
species in Europe (
Ellis 2016
).
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 63
)
A
“large greenish blotch mine, which turns brown with age” (
Spencer 1969
). The mine that was photographed at the time of collection was a gradually expanding blotch along the leaf margin, with four larvae advancing together side by side. The newest portion was greenish and the rest was turning brownish. Frass was in small, scattered, irregular particles.
Puparium.
(
Fig. 2
) Reddish-brown,
2.3 mm
by
1.3 mm
; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
*
USA
: VT;
Canada
: BC; Europe.
Comments.
See comments under
Agromyza isolata
.