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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PARIS. Herb-paris. [Liliaceae]


Only one species of Paris is recorded in Britain, the native Herb-paris (P. quadrifolia).

Only one dipterous miner, the scathophagid Parallelomma vittatum, is recorded on Paris in Britain and elsewhere.

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




Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.




1> Blotch mine. Several larvae feeding in a line and advancing up the leaf blade together.

Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen) [Scathophagidae].


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