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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ECLIPTA. [Asteraceae]


Only one species of Eclipta is recorded in Britain. It is introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Eclipta 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 Eclipta.

Elsewhere the Liriomyza sativae is recorded mining Eclipta.

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


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