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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LYSIMACHIA. Creeping Jenny, Yellow Pimpernel and Loosestrifes. [Primulaceae]

Nine species of Lysimachia are recorded in Britain. These include the native Creeping Jenny (L. nemorum), Yellow Pimpernel (L. nummularia), Tufted Loosestrife (L. thyrsiflora) and Yellow Loosestrife (L. vulgaris).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Lysimachia in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza huidobrensis is recorded mining Lysimachia.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Lysimachia in Britain.
Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum. Image: Brian Pitkin
Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Lysimachia in Britain

Calybites phasianipennella (Hübner, 1813) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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