Phytomyza aquilegivora Spencer, 1986

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 : 68

Phytomyza aquilegivora Spencer

( Fig. 177 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Hampshire Co., Pelham , 88 Arnold Rd. , 25.v.2012, em. by 4.vii.2012, C.S. Eiseman, ex Aquilegia vulgaris (1♂) .

Hosts. Ranunculaceae : Aquilegia canadensis L., A. formosa Fisch. ex DC., * A. vulgaris L. ( Spencer 1969, 1981).

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 177 ) An irregular, whitish, upper surface linear mine, with frass in scattered black grains or strips ( Spencer 1969). The larva exits through a slit in the lower epidermis.

Puparium. Smooth, shining, compact, yellowish to brown; formed outside the mine, sometimes loosely attached to the underside of the leaf.

Distribution. USA: CA, CT, DC, IL, *MA, NC ( Scheffer et al. 2007), NY; Canada: AB ( Sehgal 1971), ON.

Figures

FIGURES 171–179. leaf mines; 171: Phytomyza aconiti Hendel in Delphinium sp.; 172: P. actaeivora spec. nov. in Actaea pachypoda; 173: P. aesculi spec. nov. in Aesculus glabra (transmitted light); 174: P. aldrichi Spencer in Ranunculus repens; 175: P. anemones Hering in Anemone quinquefolia (transmitted light; larva at lower right); 176: P. aquilegiana Frost in Aquilegia vulgaris; 177: P. aquilegivora Spencer in Aquilegia vulgaris; 178: P. aralivora Spencer in Aralia nudicaulis (puparium on leaf surface at end of mine); 179: P. astotinensis Griffiths in Solidago canadensis.