Liriomyza

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2018, New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species, Zootaxa 4479 (1), pp. 1-156 : 59

Liriomyza sp. 1

( Fig. 158 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Hampshire Co., Pelham , Quarry St. , 5.vii.2013, em. 16.vii.2013, C.S. Eiseman, ex Maianthemum canadense , #CSE707, CNC392640 (1♀) .

Host. Asparagaceae : Maianthemum canadense Desf.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 158 ) Whitish, upper surface, entirely linear; frass in a nearly continuous black line.

Puparium. Orange-brown; formed outside the mine.

Comments. The mine is seemingly indistinguishable from that of L. smilacinae on the same host, but this female specimen likely belongs to a different species based on several minor inconsistencies in coloration on the head and thorax. Based on our limited data, the two species may differ in phenology, but more observations are needed to confirm this.

Figures

FIGURES 154–164. leaf mines; 154: Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) in Hydrocotyle verticillata; 155: L. trifolii in Trifolium repens; 156: L. valerianivora spec. nov. in Ƒaleriana officinalis; 157: L. violivora (Spencer) in Ƒiola sp.; 158: Liriomyza sp. 1 in Maianthemum canadense; 159: Liriomyza sp. 2 in Ageratina altissima; 160: Liriomyza sp. 3 in Bidens frondosa; 161: Liriomyza sp. 4 in Cirsium altissimum; 162: Liriomyza sp. 5 in Mikania scandens; 163: Liriomyza sp. 8 in Campanula americana (mine is the whitish line along the midrib); 164: Liriomyza sp. 9 in Pisum sativum.