EPALTES. Spreading Nut-heads. [Asteraceae]


Only one species of Epaltes, Spreading Nut-heads (E. australis), is recorded in Britain. It is introduced.

No Diptera miners are recorded on Epaltes in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Liriomyza pusilla is recorded mining Epaltes.

No non-Diptera miners are recorded on Epaltes in Britain.



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