Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank 1803) Schrank
- Dataset
- New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Agromyzidae
- genus
- Phytomyza
- species
- Phytomyza ranunculi
biology_ecology
Hosts. Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus abortivus L. (Sehgal 1971), R. repens L. Leaf mine. (Fig. 202) Whitish; entirely linear, but sometimes so contorted as to form a secondary blotch. Frass is mostly in discrete but closely spaced black grains.
description
Puparium. Grayish or brown; formed outside the mine.
distribution
Distribution. USA: CA, CO, * MA, * ME, OR (Frick 1959), WA (Frick 1959); Canada: AB, NL, NS; Europe (including the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland (Griffiths 1964, 1966 )); Japan; Tanzania (Černý & Tschirnhaus 2014).
materials_examined
Material examined. MAINE: Washington Co., Perry, Birch Point, 15. vi. 2014, em. 30. vi. 2014, C. S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus repens, # CSE 1142, CNC 384883, CNC 384884 (2 ♀); MASSACHUSETTS: Nantucket Co., Nantucket, Lily Pond, 10. vi. 2016, em. 28. vi. 2016, C. S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus repens, # CSE 2645, CNC 654249 (1 ♀).