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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DIPLOTAXIS. Wall-rockets. [Brassicaceae]


Nine species of Diplotaxis are recorded in Britain. These include the native Perennial Wall-rocket (D. tenuifolia).

Only one dipterous miner, the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava, is recorded on Diplotaxis in Britain.

See BRASSICA.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Liriomyza strigata and Phytomyza rufipes and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Diplotaxis.

No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Diplotaxis in Britain.


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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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