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Thirteen
species of Alopecurus are recorded in Britain. These include
the native species Orange Foxtail (A. aequalis), Black-grass
(A. myosuroides), Alpine Foxtail (A. borealis), Bulbous
Foxtail (A. bulbosus), Marsh Foxtail (A. geniculatus)
and Meadow Foxtail (A. pratensis).
Two
miners, the agromyzids Cerodontha
denticornis, Cerodontha
calamagrostidis are recorded on Alopecurus in Britain.
Miners on grasses should be reared, whenever possible, to confirm
their identity.
Elsewhere
the grass-feeding agromyzids Agromyza
mobilis, Cerodontha
atra, Cerodontha
calamagrostidis, Cerodontha
flavocingulata, Cerodontha
incisa, Chromatomyia
fuscula, Chromatomyia
nigra and Metopomyza
flavonotata and the polyphagous ephydrid Hydrellia
griseola are recorded mining Alopecurus.
No
non-dipterous miners are recorded on Alopecurus in Britain.
Elsewhere
three British non-dipterous miners are recorded on Alopecurus
(see below).
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