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Seventeen
species of Anthemis are recorded in Britain. These include
the native Corn Chamomile (A. arvensis) and Stinking Chamomile
(A. cotula), and the introduced Yellow Chamomile (A. tinctoria)
and Sicilian Chamomile (A. punctata).
Three
dipterous miners, the agromyzids Chromatomyia
'atricornis', Ophiomyia
curvipalpis and Phytomyza
pullula, are recorded on Anthemis in Britain.
The
agromyzid Napomyza
lateralis feeds in the stems of Anthemis, Bidens,
Calendula, Dimorphotheca,
Matricaria, and Senecio
in Britain, although it has also been found in the inflorescence
of Matricaria.
Elsewhere
the polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza
strigata, Ophiomyia
curvipalpis and Phytomyza
pullula are recorded mining Anthemis.
No
non-dipterous miners are recorded on Anthemis in Britain.
Elsewhere
one British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Anthemis (see
below).
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