70 ( 68 ) 
71 (70) 
72 (71) 
73 (71). 
only by different arrangement of orbital bristles 
and yellow patches at hindcorners of mesonotum 
being smaller; wing length in male 1.4 mm; male 
genitalia with aedeagus as in figures 801, 802. 
Host/Early Stages. Unknown. 
Distribution. Virginia. 
Reference. Part 2, p. 297. 
. Mesonotum shining black 73 
Mesonotum distinctly matt 74 
. Small species, wing length from 1.8 mm in male to 
2.3 mm in female 72 
Larger species, wing length from 2.25 mm in male to 
2.75 mm in female 73 
. Mesonotum solidly black L. zinniae Spencer 
Synopsis. Frons 1.5 times width of eye, bright 
yellow; 3d antennal segment normally yellow 
(occasionally darker, couplet 41); orbit entirely 
yellow, hindmargin of eye black to base of vti, 
this just on yellow; mesonotum moderately shining 
black, acr in 4 rows; mesopleuron black on lower 
half, yellow above; legs with femora entirely yel- 
low, tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow; abdomen 
with tergites yellow laterally, conspicuously yel- 
low bordered in female; wing length from 1.8 mm in 
male to 2.1 mm in female, last section of M 3+4 
from just over 2 to 2.5 times length of penulti- 
mate; male genitalia with aedeagus (figs. 803, 
804) having conspicuously strong ventral sclerite; 
sperm pump with short stalk, blade almost tri- 
angular. 
Host/Early Stages. Calendula , Heterotheca grandi - 
f lora , Zinnia elegans . Larva forming upper sur- 
face linear mine. 
Distribution. Central California. 
Reference. Spencer, 1981: 287. 
Mesonotum with conspicuous yellow patches at hind- 
corners L. temperata Spencer, n. sp. 
Synopsis. Frons twice width of eye, head yellow, 
apart from small black area up to vte; mesonotum 
shining black; femora yellow; mesopleuron black on 
lower half; wing length from 2.3 mm in male to 2.5 
mm in female, last sections of M 3+4 about twice 
penultimate; male genitalia with aedeagus as in 
figures 805, 806. 
Host/Early Stages. Unknown. 
Distribution. North Carolina. 
Reference. Part 2, p. 294. 
Femora entirely yellow L. abnormis Spencer 
Synopsis. Frons broad, twice width of eye, yellow, 
together with gena, face, antenna, and palpus; 
hindmargin of eye only narrowly black, vte on 
black, vti on yellow; mesonotum shining black, acr 
in 4 rows; mesopleuron black on lower 3d; femora 
bright yellow, tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow on 
foreleg, virtually black on midleg and hindleg; 
wing length in male 2.5 mm, discal cell large, 
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