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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AESCULUS. Horse-chesnut. [Hippocastanaceae]

Five species of Aesculus are recorded in Britain. These include the introduced Horse-chestnut (A. hippocastanum).

No dipterous miners are recorded mining Aesculus in Britain.

Only one non-dipterous leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella, is recorded on Aesculus in Britain.
Horse-chestnut - A. hippocastanum. Image: Brian Pitkin
Horse-chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Non-diptereous leaf-miners on Aesculus in Britain

Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986 Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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