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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AMMI. Bullwort and Toothpick-plant. [Apiaceae]


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Two species of Ammi, Bullwort (A. majus) and Toothpick-plant (A. visnaga), are recorded in Britain. Both are introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Ammi in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza strigata and the Apiaceae-feeding tephritid Euleia heraclei are recorded mining Ammi.

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


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Last updated 21-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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