OXALIS. Wood-sorrel. [Oxalidaceae]

Nineteen species of Oxalis are recorded in Britain. These include only one native species, Wood-sorrel (O. acetosella).

The anthomyiid Pegomya seitenstettensis is recorded on Oxalis by Ackland in Chandler (1978), but it is not clear whether the host association is British or Foreign

The polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza huidobrensis has been recorded in quarantine in Britain (Pitkin and Plant in British leafminers).

Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza bryoniae and Liriomyza huidobrensis and the anthomyiid Pegomya seitenstettensis are recorded mining Oxalis.

No non-Diptera miners are recorded on Oxalis in Britain.

Wood-sorrel
Oxalis acetosella