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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EUPHRASIA. Eyebrights. [Scrophulariaceae]


Twenty-one species of Euphrasia are recorded in Britain. All except one are native.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Euphrasia in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Phytomyza rostrata is recorded mining Euphrasia.

The agromyzid Phytomyza affinis is recorded in Co. Clare and elsewhere feeding in the seeds of Euphrasia.

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

Common Eybright - Euphrasia nemorosa. Image: Brian Pitkin
Common Eybright - Euphrasia nemorosa

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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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