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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LOBELIA. Lobelias. [Campanulaceae]


Six species of Lobelia are recorded in Britain. These include the native Water Lobelia (L. dortmanna) and the Heath Lobelia (L. urens).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Lobelia in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza strigata is recorded mining Lobelia.

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


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