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PAPAVER. Poppy. [Papaveraceae]
Fifteen species of Papaver are recorded in Britain. These include the native Prickly Poppy (P. argemone),Long-headed Poppy (P. dubium dubium), Yellow juiced Poppy (P. dubium lecoqii), Rough Poppy (P. hybridum) and Common Poppy (P. rhoeas). Three dipterous miners, the polyphagous agromyzids Chromatomyia horticola and Liriomyza strigata, and the drosophilid Scaptomyza flava, are recorded on Papaver in Britain. See CHELIDONIUM. The agromyzid Liriomyza huidobrensis, a polyphagous pest species of ornamental and vegetable crops occasionally intercepted at UK points of entry, is recorded on Papaver and has been found under glass in England and Wales. All populations have been and continue to be eradicated.	Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas
Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia horticola, Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza strigata, and the ephydrid Hydrellia griseola are recorded mining Papaver. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Papaver in Britain.

Last updated 27-Aug-2007  Brian Pitkin

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