AGROPYRON. [Poaceae]

One species of Agropyron is recorded in Britain - A. cristatum.

No Diptera miners are recorded on Agropyron in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Agromyza ambigua, Agromyza nigripes, Agromyza nigrociliata, Cerodontha denticornis, Cerodontha flavocingulata, Cerodontha incisa, Cerodontha lateralis, Cerodontha muscina, Cerodontha pygmaea, Cerodontha superciliosa, Chromatomyia nigra and Liromyza phryne are recorded mining Agropyron.

No British non-Diptera miners are recorded on Agropyron.

A key to the European miners, based on characteristics of the mines, immature stages and where relevant the larval cases, recorded on Agropyron, Elymus, Elytrigia, Leymus and Roegneria is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa.