Amauromyza flavifrons (Meigen)

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 : 25

Amauromyza flavifrons (Meigen)

( Fig. 97 )

Material examined. OHIO: Hocking Co. , South Bloomingville, Deep Woods Farm, 24.x.2013, em . 26– 28.iii.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Silene rotundifolia , #CSE1028, CNC384742–384747 (6♀); OREGON: Lane Co., Blue River , 24.vii.2016, em . 18–30.viii.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Silene coronaria , #CSE3037, CNC638887–638890 (3♂ 1♀).

Hosts. Amaranthaceae : Beta vulgaris L., Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus barbatus L., Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr., Saponaria officinalis L., Silene latifolia Poir., S. * rotundifolia Nutt. , S. stellata (L.) W.T. Aiton ( Spencer 1969; Spencer & Steyskal 1986; Scheffer 1999; Scheffer & Lonsdale 2018). We have seen probable mines of this species (including photographs submitted to www.BugGuide.net) on Dianthus armeria L., Lychnis chalcedonica L., L. flos-cuculi L., and Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 97 ) A white linear-blotch; the completed blotch may obliterate the linear portion. Frass is in sparsely scattered black grains.

Puparium. Brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: DE, MI, MN ( Scheffer et al. 2007), NY ( Scheffer 1999), OH, OR, PA, VT, WA, WI (leaf mines only); Canada: BC, ON, QC; Europe ( Boucher 2012a). We have found probable mines of this species (including photographs submitted to www.BugGuide.net) in CT, MA, MD, and NC.

Figures

FIGURES 97–108. leaf mines; 97: Amauromyza flavifrons (Meigen) in Silene rotundifolia; 98: Am. shepherdiae Sehgal in Shepherdia canadensis; 99: Aulagromyza luteoscutellata (de Meijere) in Lonicera morrowii; 100: Au. orbitalis (Melander) in Diervilla lonicera; 101: Au. populicola (Walker) in Populus deltoides; 102: Calycomyza artemisivora spec. nov. in Artemisia ludoviciana; 103: C. avira spec. nov. in Bidens frondosa; 104: C. eupatoriphaga spec. nov. in Ageratina altissima, young mine; 105: same mine, complete; 106: C. eupatorivora Spencer in Chromolaena odorata; 107: C. flavinotum (Frick) in Arctium minus; 108: C. flavinotum in Eupatorium perfoliatum.