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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NYMPHAEA. White and Fragant Water-Lilies. [Nymphaeaceae]


Two species of Nymphaea are recorded in Britain. These include the native White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba).

Only one dipterous miner, the scathophagid Hydromyza livens, is recorded on Nymphaea in Britain and elsewhere.

See NUPHAR.

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

Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Nymphaea.

White Water-lily - Nymphaea alba Image:  Brian Pitkin

White Water-lily - Nymphaea alba.



British non-dipterous miners recorded on Nymphaea elsewhere

Elophila nymphaeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Lepidoptera: Crambidae Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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