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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JUNIPERUS. Junipers. [Cupressaceae]


Seven species and subspecies of Juniperus are recorded in Britain.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Juniperus in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Liriomyza strigata are tentatively recorded mining Juniperus.

Five non-dipterous miners are recorded on Juniperus in Britain.

Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Juniperus.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Juniperus in Britain

Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Argyresthia aurulentella Stainton, 1849 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Argyresthia trifasciata Staudinger, 1871 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius, 1781) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae   UKMoths   Fauna Europaea
Gelechia senticetella (Hübner, 1817) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae   UKMoths   Fauna Europaea

Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Juniperus elsewhere

Ocnerostoma piniariella Zeller, 1847 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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