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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ASPERUGO. Madwort. [Boraginaceae]


Madwort (A. procumbens L.) is the only species of Asperugo recorded in Britain.

No dipterous miners have been recorded on Asperugo in Britain.

Elsewhere the Boraginaceae-feeding agromyzid Agromyza abiens is recorded mining Asperugo.

No non-dipterous miners have been recorded on Asperugo in Britain.


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