Liriomyza violivora (Spencer)

(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 (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.