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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DIGITALIS. Foxgloves. [Scrophulariaceae]


Five species of Digitalis are recorded in Britain. These include the native Foxglove (D. purpurea).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Digitalis in Britain.

The agromyzid Napomyza scrophulariae is recorded feeding in both seed heads and stems of Digitalis pupurea and possibly Scrophularia nodosa, Verbascum and Mentha in Britain.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Digitalis in Britain.

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea Image:  Brian Pitkin

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Digitalis in Britain

Mniophila muscorum (Koch, 1803) Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Fauna Europaea



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