The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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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.

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Monk's Hood - Aconitum napellus
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].


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