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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Delininae » Leptopa » Leptopa vittata
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Leaf mine in Goodyera pubescens - Leptopa vittata
Copyright © 2020 Josh Emm

Leaf mine in Goodyera pubescens - Leptopa vittata
Prettyboy Reservoir, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
January 31, 2020
Leaf collected. Pupa still present within the mine. I can’t seem to find much information on North American leaf miners that use orchids.
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Contributed by Josh Emm on 1 February, 2020 - 11:29pm
Last updated 7 October, 2020 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

The frass pattern is consistent with other scathophagid mines I've seen on orchids. This species ID is still tentative though.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 October, 2020 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Well, there aren't any known to use Goodyera!
I don't suppose you collected this? Parallelomma vittatum (Scathophagidae) mines leaves of various orchids, but the frass pattern in the linear part of this mine looks very agromyzid-like. If you checked the underside of the leaf, a Parallelomma vittatum mine would have a conspicuous white eggshell glued to the beginning, and an agromyzid would not. I suspect that's a dead larva in there rather than a pupa, but in any case I hope you can find some more and try rearing some adults!
… Charley Eiseman, 2 February, 2020 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

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