HOME : Introduction : Methods : Miners : Parasitoids Host plants by Scientific name : Common name References : Web resources : Acknowledgements : Recent changes : Index : Search

ERIOPHORUM. Cotton-grasses. [Cyperaceae]

Four species of Eriophorum are recorded in Britain. These include the native Common Cottongrass (E. angustifolium), Slender Cottongrass (E. gracile), Broad-leaved Cottongrass (E. latifolium) and Hare's-tail Cottongrass (E. vaginatum). Slender Cottongrass (E. gracile) is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Only one dipterous miner, the agromyzid Cerodontha geniculata, is recorded on Eriophorum in Britain. Elsewhere the agromyzid Cerodontha geniculata is recorded mining Eriophorum. Three non-dipterous miners are recorded on Eriophorum (see below). Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Eriophorum (see below).

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

1> A linear mine, frequently several larvae feeding together. Pupation internal at base of leaf with anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis. Cerodontha (Icteromyza) geniculata (Fallén) [Agromyzidae].

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Eriophorum in Britain Elachista albidella Nylander, 1848 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae Elachista eleochariella Stainton, 1851 Lepidoptera: Elachistidae     Monochroa suffusella (Douglas, 1850) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae       Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Eriophorum elsewhere Elachista serricornis Lepidoptera: Elachistidae

Last updated 20-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin

.