The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

CUPRESSUS. [Cupressaceae]


Four species of Cupressus are recorded in Britain. All are introduced.

Only one British miner is recorded on Cupressus.



Key for the identification of the known mines of British
insects (Diptera and non-Diptera) recorded on Cupressus


1# > ? Leaf-miner: Details unknown.

On Chamaecyparis, Cupressus and Juniperus in Britain. Most records are from the south-east of England. Widespread in continental Europe.

Gelechia senticetella (Hübner, 1817) [Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae].



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