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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LOTUS. Bird's-foot-trefoils. [Fabaceae]


Fourteen species of Lotus are recorded in Britain. These include the native Slender Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. angustissimus), Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. subbiflorus), Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. corniculatus), Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. glaber) and Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil (L. pedunculatus).

Only one dipterous miner,the agromyzid Liriomyza congesta, is recorded on Lotus in Britain.

See MEDICAGO.

The agromyzid Melanagromyza cunctans forms galls in the stems of Lotus in Britain and elsewhere.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza congesta is recorded mining Lotus.

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

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus  Image:  Brian Pitkin
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Lotus in Britain

Cnephasia incertana (Treitschke, 1835) Lepidoptera: Tortricidae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora discordella Zeller, 1849 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859) Lepidoptera: Lyonetidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Trifurcula cryptella (Stainton, 1856) Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Trifurcula eurema (Tutt, 1899) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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