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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LYCIUM. Teaplants. [Solanaceae]


Two species of Lycium are recorded in Britain, the introduced Duke of Argyll's Teaplant (L. barbarum) and Chinese Teaplant (L. chinense).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Lycium in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza bryoniae is recorded mining Lycium.

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


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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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