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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LEVISTICUM. Lovage. [Apiaceae]

Only one species of Levisticum, Lovage (L. officinale), is recorded in Britain and this is introduced.

Only one dipterous miner, the tephritid Euleia heraclei, is recorded on Levisticum in Britain.

See APIUM.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Liriomyza bryoniae, Phytomyza pastinacae and Phytomyza spondylii and the tephritid Euleia heraclei are recorded mining Levisticum.

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

Elsewhere one British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Levisticum.

British non-dipterous miners recorded on Angelica elsewhere

Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783) Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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