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LONICERA. Honeysuckles. [Caprifoliaceae]
Eighteen species of Lonicera are recorded from Britain. These include the native Honeysuckle (L. periclymenum) and Fly Honeysuckle (L. xylosteum). Six dipterous miners, the agromyzids Aulagromyza cornigera, Aulagromyza hendeliana, Aulagromyza luteoscutellata, Chromatomyia aprilina, Chromatomyia lonicerae and Chromatomyia periclymeni are recorded on Lonicera and Symphoricarpos in Britain. A single key is provided to the dipterous mines of the miners on Caprifoliaceae. The tephritid Philophylla caesio is tentatively recorded on Lonicera in Britain. It is recorded as a petiole miner on Urtica elsewhere.	Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum
Elsewhere the agromyzids Aulagromyza cornigera, Aulagromyza hendeliana, Aulagromyza luteoscutellata, Chromatomyia aprilina, Chromatomyia lonicerae and Chromatomyia periclymeni are recorded mining Lonicera. Five non-dipterous miners are recorded on Lonicera in Britain (see below).

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

1> Leaf mine. Pupation internal. 2. ->Leaf mine. Pupation external. 3. 2> Leaf mine. Mine star shaped when small, sometimes with a longer linear section, later an irregular brownish blotch. Pupation internal. Puparium yellowish-brown Mine of Chromatomyia periclymeni on Lonicera. Image: Rob Edmunds Chromatomyia periclymeni (Meijere) [Agromyzidae]. ->Leaf mine. Mine initially stellate, later linear, upper surface sections apparently disconnected where feeding occurs on lower surface; frass in conspicuous black strips. Pupation internal. Puparium pale green, white when empty Mines of Chromatomyia aprilina on Lonicera. Images: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Chromatomyia aprilina (Goureau) [Agromyzidae. ->Mine an irregular stellate blotch with a later linear section. Pupation internal; firmly glued within the mine by frass. Puparium yellowish or reddish brown Mine of Chromatomyia lonicerae on Lonicera Image: Brian Pitkin Chromatomyia lonicerae (Robineau-Desvoidy) [Agromyzidae]. 3> Leaf mine. A long white mine. Pupation external. Mine of Aulagromyza cornigera on Lonicera periclymenum. Image: Brian Pitkin Aulagromyza cornigera Griffiths [Agromyzidae]. ->Leaf mine. A long conspicuous white mine. Pupation external. Puparium yellowish Mine of Aulagromyza hendeliana on Lonicera. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Aulagromyza hendeliana (Hering) [Agromyzidae]. ->Leaf mine. Similar to A. hendeliana but darker, filled centrally with dark-green frass. [Recorded only on Lonicera etrusca, a garden species] Mine of Aulagromyza luteoscutellata on Lonicera etrusca. Image: Rob Edmunds Aulagromyza luteoscutella (de Meijere) [Agromyzidae] Unidentified mines of Aulagromyza spp. on Lonicera periclymenum     Mines of Aulagromyza spp. on Lonicera periclymenum. Images: Brian Pitkin

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Lonicera in Britain Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Lepidoptera: Alucitidae     Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, 1877 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae     Perittia obscurepunctella (Stainton, 1848) Lepidoptera: Elachistidae   Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella (Bouché, 1834) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae   Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Haworth, 1828) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae

Last updated 05-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin

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