Liriomyza occipitalis

Family

Subfamily

Genus

Species

Liriomyza occipitalis Hendel, 1931

Mine

Feeds in the narrow branches, not the main stem. Pupariation external.

Host Plants

• Equisetum

Confusion Species

Possibly Liriomyza equiseti, Liriomyza virgo.

Recording Grade

5

National Status

pRDB 1.

Puparium

Brownish-black.

Adult

Head: frons almost 2x width of eye, not projecting above eye in profile; 1 ors, 2-3 ori; orbital setulae sparse, reclinate; jowls 1/6 height of eye; third antennal segment small, round.
Mesonotum: 3+1 dc; acr irregular, in 2-4 rows.
Wing: 1.75-1.9 mm; second cross-vein 2.5x length of fourth.
Colour: frons, orbits, jowls, face and antennae bright yellow; hind-margin of eye black to base of vti; mesonotum matt, greyish-black; mesopleura black in lower front corner, lower pleura divided by yellow above mid-coxae; legs: coxae and femora yellow, tibiae and tarsi brownish-black; abdomen black, ovipositor sheath entirely shining; squamae yellowish, margin and fringe dark.