Mines of British flies and other insects - Keys

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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ANTHYLLIS. Kidney Vetch. [Fabaceae]

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Kidney Vetch (A. vulneraria), is the only native species of Anthyllis recorded in Britain. It has several native and introduced subspecies. There are two introduced species including Bladder Vetch (A. tetraphylla).

Three dipterous miners, the agromyzids Phytomyza brischkei and Liriomyza congesta and the drosophilid Scaptomyza graminum, are recorded on Anthyllis in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Agromyza nana, Liriomyza bryoniae, Liriomyza congesta, Liriomyza strigata, Phytoliriomyza variegata and Phytomyza brischkei, and the drosphilids Scaptomyza flava and Scaptomyza graminum are recorded mining Anthyllis.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Anthyllis in Britain (see below).

Kidney vetch - Anthyllis vulneraria Image: Brian Pitkin
Kidney vetch - Anthyllis vulneraria.

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

1> Linear mine in sepals and leaves. Puparium orange-brown

Phytomyza brischkei Hendel [Agromyzidae].

->Mine in leaf.

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2>Corridor leaf mine. Mine in leaves. An upper surface linear mine with frass in conspicuous greenish strips, largely alternating at each side of the channel. Puparium yellow

Mines of Liriomyza congesta on Vicia sepium. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Vicia sepium Lathyrus pratensis

Mines of Liriomyza congesta.
Images: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Liriomyza congesta (Becker) [Agromyzidae].

->Corridor-blotch leaf mine. Mine begins as a normally upper surface deep corridor and becomes a blotch lying centrally in the leaf, often touching the leaf petiole, if leaves are small larva may mine across the stem to another leaf. Frass partly in grains or streaks but mainly in clumps towards margins of blotch. Pupation internal or external, sometimes in a separate pupation mine.

Scaptomyza graminum (Fallén) [Drosophilidae].

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Anthyllis in Britain

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae

Last updated 09-Sep-2008 Brian Pitkin