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APIUM. Wild Celery, Fool's-water-cress and Marshworts. [Apiaceae]

Four species of Apium are recorded in Britain - Wild Celery (A. graveolens), Fool's-water-cress (A. nodiflorum), Lesser Marshwort (A. inundatum) and Creeping Marshwort (A. repens). All are native species. Creeping Marshwort (A. repens) is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Only one dipterous miner, the tephritid Euleia heraclei, is recorded on Apium in Britain. The polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza bryoniae and Lriomyza strigata are recorded on Apium, but their occurences on this host in Britain require confirmation. The agromyzidsLiriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae and Liriomyza trifolii, pest species of ornamental and vegetable crops occasionally intercepted at UK points of entry, are recorded on Apium. Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza trifolii have been found under glass in England and Wales. All populations have been and continue to be eradicated. Elsewhere the agromyzids Napomyza carotae, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae and Liriomyza trifolii, and the tephritid Euleia heraclei are recorded mining Apium. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Apium in Britain. Elsewhere one British non-dipterous miner, is recorded on Apium (see below).

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

1> Blotch mine. Pupation in soil. Puparium yellow Mine of Euleia heraclei on Heracleum. Image: Brian Pitkin Euleia heraclei (Linnaeus) [Tephritidae]. ->A short, irregular, linear upper surface mine on any part of the leaf. Puparium pale yellowish-brown Mines of Liromyza bryoniae on Tomato. Image: Crown copyright - courtesy of CSL Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenback) [Agromyzidae].

British non-dipterous miners recorded on Apium elsewhere Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783) Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae

Last updated 21-Mar-2008  Brian Pitkin

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