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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LAGENARIA. White-flowered Gourd [Cucurbitaceae]


Only one species of Lagenaria is recorded in Britain, the introduced White-flowered Gourd (L. siceraria).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Lagenaria in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza bryoniae and Liriomyza strigata are recorded mining Lagenaria.

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


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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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