Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Arundinaria tecta D547 2017 2 - Cerodontha arundinariella

Moved

… Charley Eiseman, 26 March, 2019 - 7:20pm

Moved

Moved from Cerodontha attenuata.

Owen has modifed the ID to "new species near attenuata." So that's three new species just from Arundinaria!

… Charley Eiseman, 13 March, 2018 - 9:08am

Is SA933 the third species?

Is SA933 the third species? Also a Cerodontha?

… Tracy S. Feldman, 13 March, 2018 - 11:45am

Also a Cerodontha, but SA916.

Also a Cerodontha, but SA916. I'm not sure if the mines can be distinguished.

… Charley Eiseman, 13 March, 2018 - 12:14pm

Moved

Moved from Cerodontha.

New state record and I believe the first rearing record for this species.

… Charley Eiseman, 9 March, 2018 - 2:23pm

Moved

Moved from Grass-feeding species.

I think both of the mines in these photos are the Cerodontha.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 July, 2017 - 3:02pm

Adult male emerged!

I'll have to compare the puparia side by side later, but I think SA916 may be something different--the puparia not only were formed within the mine instead of outside, but I'm pretty sure they were also smaller, paler, and shaped differently. So far only braconids from those.

… Charley Eiseman, 25 June, 2017 - 2:31pm

Wonderful news! I hope somet

Wonderful news! I hope something more than parasites comes out of the other... if not, I will look for more next year. At least I have an idea of their time frame (a short window, but a known one).

… Tracy S. Feldman, 25 June, 2017 - 3:37pm

The plot thickens

It turns out D547 also included the other type (smaller puparia, formed inside the mine), which I fortunately segregated from the others. In addition to the one male Agromyza, I now have three Cerodontha adults from the second type. I'll have to sort out which photographed mines are which later.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 July, 2017 - 12:21pm

Cool--good news. I would be

Cool--good news. I would be happy to re-work/edit the photos once I know which mine belongs to which fly.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 2 July, 2017 - 2:40pm

New species

The Agromyza is a new species, which Owen will describe and illustrate in time to include in our paper along with the three new Liriomyza and the Calycomyza on Chrysopsis. As soon as he's done that I'll send you a draft to look over.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 March, 2018 - 10:21am

This is great news! I am rea

This is great news! I am really excited. So there is an Agromyza (new) and a Cerodontha (not new?) on Arundinaria? I remember that there were two separate Agromyzids.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 2 March, 2018 - 11:38am

Cerodontha to be determined...

Yes, there was a Cerodontha too, but Owen probably won't get a chance to look at those specimens for a while; they may well turn out to be new too. I asked him to prioritize this one because I had already mentioned it in the paper as a female-only rearing. He *may* be able to look at the Wisteria, Centrosema, and Gelsemium specimens in the near future--I asked him if he could squeeze them in so you can cross them off your list of things to keep track of.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 March, 2018 - 12:07pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

So far, so good.

… Charley Eiseman, 6 June, 2017 - 9:10pm

Three puparia are now in the

Three puparia are now in the jar--let's hope they remain in good condition.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 3 June, 2017 - 2:51pm