Agromyza diversa Johnson

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 : 9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:93C84828-6EEF-4758-BEA1-97EEEF115245

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997593

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287EF-FFA8-E442-A8E5-52F84082FD62

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Agromyza diversa Johnson
status

 

Agromyza diversa Johnson View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–6. 1 , 67 View FIGURES 63–74 )

Material examined. OHIO: Delaware Co., Sunbury , Monkey Hollow Rd. , 13–15.ix.2014, em. 16–24.x.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Laportea canadensis , #CSE1432, CNC384847 View Materials , CNC384848 View Materials (1♂ 1♀) ; TENNESSEE: Davidson Co., Nashville , West Meade Waterfall (36.094655, -86.913252), 21.viii.2017, em. 15–17.ix.2017, C.S. Eiseman, ex Laportea canadensis , #CSE4273, CNC939958–939960 View Materials (1♂ 2♀) ; same collection, em. 12.v.2018, #CSE4536.

Host. * Urticaceae : Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell. Spencer (1969) speculated that this species was responsible for mines found on Lithospermum officinale L. ( Boraginaceae ) in Ontario.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 63–74 ) Full-depth, dirty whitish; serpentine, often forming a secondary blotch. The frass is dark brown and liquidy, deposited in irregular lumps and streaks.

Puparium. Reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: IA, IL, IN, MA, NC, NY, *OH, *TN, VA, VT; Canada: ON. We have seen similar leaf mines in KS and PA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Agromyza

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