Liriomyza violivora (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 : 59

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.

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.