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Dense mine - Liriomyza carphephori

Dense mine - Liriomyza carphephori
Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 15, 2018
On Bidens frondosa.

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Dense mine - Liriomyza carphephori Bidens? - Liriomyza carphephori Different leaf - Liriomyza carphephori

Moved

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

This is a new species; the paper describing it is currently in review. Tracy Feldman first found it on Carphephorus in North Carolina, but some paratypes came from mines just like this on Bidens frondosa in my front lawn.

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