Phytomyza aldrichi 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 : 67

Phytomyza aldrichi Spencer

( Fig. 174 )

Material examined. MAINE: Washington Co., Perry, Birch Point, 15.vi.2014, em . 29.vi.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus repens , #CSE1141, CNC384880 (1♂); OHIO: Hocking Co. , South Bloomingville, Deep Woods Farm, 6.viii.2016, em . 20.viii.2016, C.S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus recurvatus , #CSE2927, CNC654479 (1♂).

Hosts. * Ranunculaceae : Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. , R. repens L.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 174 ) Mines are at least partly linear, but are so contorted that they generally appear as blotches. They are formed along the leaf margin and are fairly uniformly brown, sometimes with narrow whitish edging in some places.

Puparium. Whitish; formed within the leaf, on the lower surface.

Distribution. USA: ID, *ME, *OH.

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.