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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ISATIS. Woad. [Brassicaceae]


Three species of Isatis are recorded in Britain. All, including Woad (I. tinctoria), are introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Isatis in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza strigata and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Isatis.

No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Isatis in Britain.


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