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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OXYRIA. Mountain sorrel. [Polygonaceae]

Mountain Sorrel (O. digyna) is the only species of Oxyria recorded in Britain. It is a native species.

One dipterous miner, the anthomyiid Pegomya solennis, is recorded on Oxyria in Britain.

See POLYGONUM.

Elsewhere the anthomyiids Pegomya bicolor and Pegomya solennis are recorded mining Oxyria.

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

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