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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CAKILE. Sea Rocket. [Brassicaceae]


Only one species of Cakile, Sea Rocket (C. maritima), is recorded in Britain. It is native.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Cakile in Britain.

Elsewhere the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava is recorded mining Cakile.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Cakile in Britain.

Sea Rocket - Cakile maritimum  Image:  Brian Pitkin
Sea Rocket - Cakile maritimum.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Cakile in Britain

Scrobipalpa nitentella (Fuchs, 1902) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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