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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Liriomyza blechi
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Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 1 - Liriomyza blechi
Copyright © 2017 Tracy S. Feldman

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 1 - Liriomyza blechi
Leigh Farm Park, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 9, 2017
Not sure if this is a miner, but it looks as if there is at least some mining going on.

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Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 1 - Liriomyza blechi Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 2 - Liriomyza blechi Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 3 - Liriomyza blechi Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ruellia caroliniensis D581 2017 5 - Liriomyza blechi
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 9 June, 2017 - 9:34pm
Last updated 6 March, 2019 - 11:20am

Moved
Moved from Contorted mines on Ruellia.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 March, 2019 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Update
I just looked closely at all my photos of these mines and of the ones that we know are Liriomyza, and I'm convinced that they're all the same thing--these are just early, aborted ones (and the tiny hole I had seen was the oviposition site). The adult looks externally like L. blechi, and that's probably what it will turn out to be, but it's weird how different the mines are on Ruellia vs. on Plantago.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 March, 2019 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified ?lepidopteran mines on Ruellia.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 March, 2019 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 March, 2018 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

These do seem to be mines--
but all are empty, each ending in a tiny hole. It may be a moth larva that completes development as a leaftier/roller. Did you see any other associated feeding sign?
… Charley Eiseman, 16 June, 2017 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I did not see any leaf tiers
I did not see any leaf tiers or any evidence of other kinds of feeding. I did see one larger mine (photos uploaded yesterday) that seemed to end in an opening with a leaf flap over a pupa. I have no idea if the pupa is related to the mine.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 16 June, 2017 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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