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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PARNASSIA. Grass-of-Parnassus. [Saxifragaceae]


Only one species of Parnassia is recorded in Britain, the native Grass-of-Parnassus (P. palustris).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Parnassia in Britain.

One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Parnassia in Britain (see below).




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




#> Details of mine unknown.

Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen) [Scathophagidae].



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Parnassia in Britain

Kessleria fasciapennella (Stainton, 1849) Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae Fauna Europaea



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