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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ERUCA. Garden Rocket. [Brassicaceae]


Only one species of Eruca is recorded in Britain, the introduced Garden Rocket (E. vesicaria).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Eruca in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza strigata and Liriomyza huidobrensis, and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Eruca.

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


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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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