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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MALCOLMIA. Virginia Stock. [Brassicaceae]


Three species of Malcolmia are recorded in Britain. All are introduced and include Virginia Stock (Malcolmia maritima).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Malcolmia in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza strigata and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava are recorded mining Malcolmia.

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


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Last updated 27-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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