HELENIUM. Sneezeweed. [Asteraceae]

Two species of Helenium are recorded in Britain. Both are introduced and include Sneezeweed (H. autumnale).

No Diptera miners are recorded on Helenium in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Liriomyza strigata are recorded mining Helenium.

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

A key to the European miners, based on characteristics of the mines, immature stages and where relevant the larval cases, recorded on Helenium is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa. This includes Chromatomyia cf. syngenesiae and Liriomyza strigata.