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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NEMESIA. Cape-jewels. [Scrophulariaceae]


Three species of Nemesia are recorded in Britain. All are introduced and include Cape-jewels (N. strumosa).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Nemesia in Britain.

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza strigata is recorded mining Nemesia.

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


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