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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LUNARIA. Honesty. [Brassicaceae]


Two species of Lunaria, Honesty (L.annua) and Perennial Honesty (L. rediviva), are recorded in Britain. Both are introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Lunaria in Britain.

Elsewhere the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava is recorded mining Lunaria.

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

Honesty - Lunaria annua Image:  Brian Pitkin

Honesty - Lunaria annua.


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