Description and biology of two new species of Neotropical Liriomyza Mik (Diptera, Agromyzidae), mining leaves of Bocconia (Papaveraceae)

By

Boucher, Stéphanie, 1974-
Nishida, Kenji

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

369

Pages

79-97

Subjects

Biocontrol of weeds , Bocconia arborea , Bocconia frutescens , Hawai`i , leaf miner , Liriomyza mystica , Liriomyza prompta , Neotropical , parasitoid wasps , systematics , taxonomy , Tree poppy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.369.6168

 

Abstract

Liriomyza mystica Boucher & Nishida, sp. n., and Liriomyza prompta Boucher & Nishida, sp. n. are described from Costa Rica. Both species were reared from leaves of Bocconia frutescens L. (Papaveraceae). The latter species was also reared from B. arborea S. Watson. Larvae of L. mystica mine primary veins of large, relatively old, mature leaves, and L. prompta mine blades of small to large, mature leaves. These represent the first record of agromyzids feeding on Bocconia. Biological information is also given and illustrated.