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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AIRA. Hair-grasses. [Poaceae]


Five species of Aira are recorded in Britain. These include the native Silver Hair-grass (A. caryophyllea) and Early Hair-grass (A. praecox).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Aira in Britain.

Elsewhere the grass-feeding agromyzid Chromatomyia nigra is recorded mining Aira.

No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Aira in Britain.


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