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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CALEPINA. White Ball-mustard. [Brassicaceae]


Only one species of Calepina, White Ball-mustard (C. irregularis), is recorded in Britain and this is introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Calepina in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza strigata and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Calepina.

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


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