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 : 61

Liriomyza sp. 9

( Fig. 164 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Hampshire Co., Pelham , Quarry St. , 25.vi.2013, em. 6–8.vii.2013, C.S. Eiseman, ex Pisum sativum , #CSE657, CNC384720 , CNC384721 (2♀) .

Host. Fabaceae : Pisum sativum L. (snow pea).

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 164 ) A whitish, dramatically widening, serpentine mine with frass in alternating, dark green, beaded strips.

Puparium. Yellowish brown; formed outside the mine.

Comments. The coloration of these pale females cannot reliably associate them with known Nearctic species from Fabaceae , including L. trifolii , which has a higher gena, well-developed ori (anterior reduced in these females) and slightly different coloration across the head, thorax and abdomen.

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.