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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HIPPOCREPIS. Horseshoe Vetch. [Fabaceae]


Four species of Hippocrepis are recorded in Britain. These include the native Horseshoe Vetch (H. comosa).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Hippocrepis in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza congesta is recorded mining Hippocrepis.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Hippocrepis in Britain.

Horseshoe Vetch - Hippocrepis comosa Image:  Brian Pitkin

Horseshoe Vetch - Hippocrepis comosa.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Hippocrepis in Britain

Trifurcula cryptella (Stainton, 1856) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae British Leafminers Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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