Phytomyza penstemonis 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 : 80-81

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.5997921

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287EF-FFEF-E41A-A8E5-5445424EFEFD

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scientific name

Phytomyza penstemonis Spencer
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Phytomyza penstemonis Spencer View in CoL

( Fig. 199 View FIGURES 189–199 )

Material examined. CONNECTICUT: Litchfield Co., Canaan , Falls Village , 24.vi.2015, em . 24–27.vii.2015, C. Vispo, ex Penstemon digitalis , #CSE2171, CNC564664, CNC564665 (1♂ 1♀); 21.vii.2015, em. 10.viii.2015, #CSE2164, CNC564675, CNC564676 (2♀); 17.ix.2015, em. 30.ix.2015, C. Vispo, ex Penstemon , #CSE2173, CNC564663 (1♀); NEW YORK: Columbia Co., Ghent , 17.vii.2015, em . 27.vii.2015, C. Vispo, ex Penstemon , #CSE2174, CNC564682 (1♀).

Hosts. Plantaginaceae : Penstemon confertus Douglas ex Lindl., P. * digitalis Nutt. ex Sims, P. laxiflorus Pennell , P. procerus Douglas ex Graham ( Spencer 1969; Sehgal 1971; Spencer & Steyskal 1986). We have found probable mines of this species on P. pseudospectabilis M.E. Jones.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 199 View FIGURES 189–199 ) Whitish, entirely linear; primarily on the upper surface but often with the final portion on the lower surface; frass in dark strips along the sides.

Puparium. White (yellowish according to Spencer (1969)), formed within the leaf, the anterior spiracles projecting ventrally through the lower epidermis.

Distribution. USA: CA, *CT, MS, *NY; Canada: AB. We have seen probable mines of this species (including photographs submitted to www.BugGuide.net) in AZ and WI.

NEW

University of Newcastle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Phytomyza

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