GAUDINIA. French Oat-grass. [Poaceae]

French Oat-grass (G. fragilis) is the only species of Gaudinia recorded in Britain.

No Diptera miners are recorded on Gaudinia in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia nigra, Liriomyza flaveola and the ephydrid Hydrellia griseola are recorded mining Gaudinia.

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

A key to the European miners, based on characteristics of the mines, immature stages and where relevant the larval cases, recorded on Gaudinia is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa. This includes Chromatomyia nigra, Hydrellia griseola and Liriomyza flaveola.