Agromyza reptans Fallén

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 : 12-13

Agromyza reptans Fallén

( Fig. 75 )

Material examined. NEW YORK: St. Lawrence Co., Madrid , along the Grasse River, 28.vi.2014, em . 21.vii.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis , #CSE1205, CNC384881, CNC384882 (2♂).

Host. Urticaceae : Urtica dioica L.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 75 ) Initially narrow and following the leaf margin, later expanding to a broad blotch. The mines we observed were almost uniformly blackish, with paler greenish-brown patches only in the newest portions where the larvae were actively feeding.

Puparium. Reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: CA, *NY, WA; Canada: ON, QC, SK; Europe.

Figures

FIGURES 75–82. leaf mines; 75: Agromyza reptans Fallén in Urtica dioica; 76: Agromyza rudbeckiana Scheffer & Lonsdale in Heliopsis helianthoides; 77: same, secondary mine; 78: Agromyza soka spec. nov. in Robinia pseudoacacia; 79: Agromyza vockerothi Spencer in Rubus sp.; 80: Agromyza sp. 1 in Ƒerbesina alternifolia; 81: Japanagromyza viridula (Coquillett) in Quercus alba; 82: J. viridula in Q. ilicifolia.