Agromyza pudica Spencer

Material examined. OKLAHOMA: Payne Co., Mehan, 36.014339° N, - 96.996744° W, 22.v.2016, em. by 17.vi.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Dichanthelium malacophyllum, #CSE2591, CNC653973 (1³, only partially emerged from puparium) .

Hosts. Poaceae: Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark, D. clandestinum (L.) Gould, D. * malacophyllum (Nash) Gould, D. scoparium (Lam.) Gould (Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018) .

Leaf mine. See Eiseman & Lonsdale (2018).

Puparium. Yellow-orange to reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: AR, GA, MA, MN, NC, OH, * OK.

Comments. Although this is the Agromyza species we have most commonly reared from Dichanthelium, three others are now known from this host, all forming seemingly indistinguishable leaf mines: A. indistincta Eiseman, Lonsdale & Feldman, A. parca Spencer, and A. proxima Spencer (Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018; Eiseman et al. 2019; Scheffer & Lonsdale 2018).