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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ARABIS. Rock-cresses. [Brassicaceae]


Eleven species of Arabis are recorded in Britain. Five of these are native species.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Arabis in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza bryoniae and the polyphagous drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Arabis.

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


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