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ACONITUM. Monkshood. [Ranunculaceae]
Four species of Aconitum are recorded in Britain. Only Monkshood (A. napellus) is native. Only one dipterous miner, the agromyzid Phytomyza aconiti, is recorded on Aconitum in Britain and elsewhere, and this is also recorded on Delphinium. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Aconitum in Britain.  .	Monk's Hood - Aconitum napellus

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

1> Larvae feeding communally, as many as six together, forming large blackish blotch. Puparium dark brown Phytomyza aconiti Hendel [Agromyzidae].

Last updated 07-Sep-2007  Brian Pitkin

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