. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE SPIKE-HORNED LEAF-MINER. 7 DISTRIBUTION. This species has a wide range of distribution within the United States (fig. 1). It is known to occur from Indiana and Ohio in the North to southern Florida in the South, and from Massachusetts in the East to Washington, California, and New Mexico in the West. It is probably to be found wherever its food plants thrive. Outside of the United States it has been collected from Porto Rico and Mexico. The following localities and other data have been compiled from pinned specimen
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE SPIKE-HORNED LEAF-MINER. 7 DISTRIBUTION. This species has a wide range of distribution within the United States (fig. 1). It is known to occur from Indiana and Ohio in the North to southern Florida in the South, and from Massachusetts in the East to Washington, California, and New Mexico in the West. It is probably to be found wherever its food plants thrive. Outside of the United States it has been collected from Porto Rico and Mexico. The following localities and other data have been compiled from pinned specimens of this species in the United States National Mu- seum collection: Beverly, Mass., August, 1911 (Burgess) ; Las Vegas,. \ Fi';. 1.—Map showing records of distribution of the spike-horned leaf-miner (Cerodonta dorsalis) In the United States. (Original.) X. Mex. (H. S. Barber) ; Ames, Iowa, June, 1877; Orizaba, N. Mex., January (H. Osborn) ; Colorado; High Island, Md., May, 1898 (Currie) ; New York, July, 1898; Arroyo, Porto Rico, February, 1899 (Busck) ; District of Columbia; Claremont, Cal. (Baker); Biscayne, Fla. (A. Slossoii). INJURY TO PLANTS BY ADULTS PUNCTURING THE LEAVES. The punctures made by the females of this species in leaves of plants on which they feed and oviposit (PI. II, fig. 3) resemble very closely those made by females of Ar/roTnysa jxirvicorniH Locw, with the exception that they are frorpiently somewhat longer and a trifle narrower. Some of the punctures are twice as long as others. The punctures are not made solely as receptacles in which to deposit eggs, but apparently i>iim!iiily ms a means of ac(juiring access to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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