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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PHYLLITIS. Hart's-tongue. [Aspleniaceae]


Only one species of Phyllitis, Hart's-toungue (P. scolopendrium), is recorded in Britain. It is a native species.

Only one species of dipterous miner, the agromyzid Chromatomyia scolopendri, is recorded on Phyllitis in Britain and elsewhere.

See POLYPODIUM.

Two non-dipterous miners are recorded on Phyllitis in Britain.

Hart's-tongue - Phyllitis scolopendrium Image:  Brian Pitkin
Hart's-tongue - Phyllitis scolopendrium.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Phyllitis in Britain

Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick,1937) Lepidoptera: Tineidae British Leafminers UKMoths   Fauna Europaea
Psychoides verhuella Bruand, 1853 Lepidoptera: Tineidae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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