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BRACHYPODIUM. Bromes and Tor-grass. [Poaceae]

Three native species of Brachypodium are recorded in Britain - Stiff Brome (B. distachyon), Perennial Tor-grass (B. pinnatum) and False Brome (B. sylvaticum). Three agromyzids, Agromyza albipennis, Cerodontha pygmaea and Chromatomyia nigra, are recorded in Britain on Brachypodium. Miners on grasses should be reared, whenever possible, to confirm their identity. See ARRHENATHERUM. Elsewhere the agromyzids Cerodontha pygmaea and Chromatomyia nigra and the ephydrid Hydrellia griseola are recorded mining Brachypodium. Six species of non-dipterous miners are recorded on Brachypodium in Britain. Elsewhere eight additional British non-diptera miners are recorded on Brachypodium.

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Brachypodium in Britain Elachista gangabella Zeller, 1850 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   Elachista megerlella Stainton, 1858 Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae     Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae   Elachista unifasciella (Haworth, 1828) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae     Helcystogramma rufescens (Zeller, 1877) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae   Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Brachypodium elsewhere Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae   Elachista albifrontella (Hübner, 1817) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae Elachista apicipunctella Stainton, 1849 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae   Elachista argentella (Clerck, 1759) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae     Elachista maculicerusella (Bruand, 1859) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae Elachista canapennella (Hübner, 1813) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae     Elachista subalbidella Schläger, 1847 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae

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