HIBISCUS. Ketmias. [Malvaceae]

Four species of Hibiscus are recorded in Britain. All are introduced and include Bladder Ketmia (H. trionum).

No Diptera miners are recorded on Hibiscus in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia horticola, Liriomyza bryoniae, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae and Liriomyza trifolii are recorded mining Hibiscus.

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

A key to the European miners, based on characteristics of the mines, immature stages and where relevant the larval cases, recorded on Hibiscus is provded in Bladmineerders van Europa. This includes Chromatomyia horticola, Liriomyza bryoniae, Liriomyza strigata and Liriomyza xanthocera nut not Liriomyza huidobrensis or Liriomyza sativae.