Phytomyza aquilegiana Frost

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 : 68

Phytomyza aquilegiana Frost

( Fig. 176 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Hampshire Co., Pelham , 88 Arnold Rd. , 31.v.2012, em . 25.vi.2012, C.S. Eiseman, ex Aquilegia vulgaris (2♂ 1♀); NORTH CAROLINA: Durham Co., Durham, Pelham Road , 21.v.2015, em . 6.vi.2015, T.S. Feldman, ex Aquilegia (cultivated), #CSE1623, CNC564653–564657 (1♂ 4♀).

Hosts. Ranunculaceae : Aquilegia brevistyla Hook. ( Sehgal 1971) , A. canadensis L. ( Spencer 1969), A. * vulgaris L.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 176 ) A large greenish blotch, with frass scattered throughout in fine black grains ( Spencer & Steyskal 1986).

Puparium. Reddish-brown, deeply segmented; formed outside the mine ( Spencer 1969).

Distribution. USA: *MA, MD ( Scheffer et al. 2007), NY, *NC, PA; Canada: AB, BC ( Frick 1959), MB, ON, YT ( Spencer 1969, Sehgal 1971).

Figures

FIGURES 171–179. leaf mines; 171: Phytomyza aconiti Hendel in Delphinium sp.; 172: P. actaeivora spec. nov. in Actaea pachypoda; 173: P. aesculi spec. nov. in Aesculus glabra (transmitted light); 174: P. aldrichi Spencer in Ranunculus repens; 175: P. anemones Hering in Anemone quinquefolia (transmitted light; larva at lower right); 176: P. aquilegiana Frost in Aquilegia vulgaris; 177: P. aquilegivora Spencer in Aquilegia vulgaris; 178: P. aralivora Spencer in Aralia nudicaulis (puparium on leaf surface at end of mine); 179: P. astotinensis Griffiths in Solidago canadensis.