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CICERBITA. Blue Sow-thistles. [Asteraceae]

Four species of Cicerbita, are recorded in Britain. These include the native Alpine Sow-thistle (C. alpina) and the introduced Pontic Blue-sow-thistle (C. bourgaei), Common Blue-sow-thistle (C. macrophylla) and Hairless Blue-sow-thistle (C. plumieri). Alpine Sow-thistle (C. alpina) is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Three dipterous miners, the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis', Liriomyza strigata and Ophiomyia beckeri, are recorded on Cicerbita in Britain. See SONCHUS. Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis', Phytomyza marginella and Liriomyza strigata are recorded mining Cicerbita. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Cicerbita in Britain.

Last updated 26-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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