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COTULA. Buttonweeds and Leptinellas. [Asteraceae]

Thirteen species of Cotula are recorded in Britain. These include Annual Buttonweed (C. australis), Buttonweed (C. coronopifolia), Ferny Buttonweed (C. bipinnata), Hairless Leptinella (C. dioica) and Leptinella (C. squalida). All are introduced. No dipterous miners are recorded on Cotula in Britain. Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia horticola, Phytomyza pullula and Phytoliriomyza scotica are recorded mining Cotula. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Cotula in Britain.

Last updated 26-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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