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DESMODIUM. Slender Tick-trefoil. [Fabaceae]

Only one species of Desmodium is recorded in Britain, the introduced Slender Tick-trefoil (D. varians). No miners have been recorded on Desmodium in Britain. The agromyzid Liriomyza sativae, a polyphagous pest species of ornamental and vegetable crops occasionally intercepted at UK points of entry, is recorded on Desmodium. Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza sativae is recorded mining Desmodium. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Desmodium in Britain.

Last updated 26-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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