HELMINTHOTHECA. Bristly Oxtongue. [Asteraceae]

Picris echioides is treated as Helminthotheca echioides (Bristly Oxtongue) by Stace (2010).

Two miners, Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Ophiomyia cunctata, are recorded on this host plant in Britain.

Elsewhere two miners, Liriomyza huidobrensis and Ophiomyia beckeri, are recorded on this host plant

See PICRIS.