Calycomyza avira Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2018

Eiseman, Charles S., Lonsdale, Owen & Feldman, Tracy S., 2019, Nine new species of Agromyzidae from North Carolina, USA, with new host and distribution records for additional species, Zootaxa 4571 (3), pp. 301-333 : 306

Calycomyza avira Eiseman & Lonsdale

Material examined. NORTH CAROLINA : Durham Co., Durham, Grandale Drive , 14.vii.2017, em. 1– 3.viii.2017, T.S. Feldman, ex Bidens aristosa , # CSE4047 , CNC939843 , CNC939844 (1♂ 1♀) .

Hosts. Asteraceae : Bidens * aristosa (Michx.) Britton , B. frondosa L. ( Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018).

Leaf mine. A whitish, upper surface blotch with frass in scattered grains and small lumps, sometimes with a short initial linear portion evident.

Puparium. Reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: CT, MA, NC, NY, WV ( Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018).

Comments. These specimens were listed as paratypes by Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018), but the host was only listed as Bidens ; TSF determined the plant species after the specimens were labeled.