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Nine
species of Anchusa are recorded in Britain. They include
the native Bugloss (A. arvensis) and the introduced Garden
Anchusa (A. azurea), Yellow Alkanet (A. ochroleuca)
and Alkanet (A. officinalis).
Only
one dipterous miner, the agromyzid Agromyza
abiens, is recorded on Anchusa in Britain and this
is also recorded on Borago, Cynoglossum,
Echium, Myosotis,
Pentaglottis, Pulmonaria,
and Symphytum in Britain.
Elsewhere
the Boraginaceae-feeding agromyzids Agromyza
abiens and Agromyza
myosotidis are recorded mining Anchusa.
No
non-dipterous miners are recorded on Anchusa in Britain.
Elsewhere
one British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Anchusa (see
below).
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