Liriomyza violivora (Spencer)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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scientific name	Liriomyza violivora (Spencer)
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( Fig. 157)

Material examined. OHIO: Delaware Co., Sunbury , Monkey Hollow Rd. , 17.ix.2014, em. 8.x.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Viola pubescens , #CSE1395, CNC384890 View Materials (1♀) ; same collection data, em. 23.iii.2015, #CSE1482, CNC654470 (1♂).

Hosts. Violaceae : Viola adunca Sm. , V. nephrophylla Greene ( Lonsdale 2017) , V. * pubescens Aiton , V. sororia Willd. ( Spencer & Steyskal 1986) .

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 157) Upper surface, greenish-white; at first irregularly linear, expanding into a blotch. Frass is in scattered black particles.

Puparium. Reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: MD, MS, NY ( Scheffer & Lonsdale 2018), *OH, NC, PA; Canada: AB. We have found similar leaf mines in AR, VT, and TN.