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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HYDROCHARIS. Frog-bit. [Hydrocharitaceae]

Frog-bit (H. morsus-ranae) is the only species of Hydrocharis recorded in Britain.

Three dipterous miners, the ephydrids Hydrellia cochleariae, Hydrellia griseola and Hydrellia mutata, are recorded on Hydrocharis in Britain.

See STRATIOTES.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Ophiomyia pulicaria is recorded mining Hydrocharis.

One non-dipterous miner is recorded on Hydrocharis in Britain.

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Hydrocharis in Britain

Elophila nymphaeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Lepidoptera: Crambidae Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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