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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PINUS. Pines. [Pinaceae]


Eighteen species and two subspecies of Pinus are recorded in Britain. All except Scots Pine (P. sylvestris) are introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Pinus in Britain.

Six non-dipterous miners are recorded on Pinus in Britain.

Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Pinus.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Pinus in Britain

Cedestis gysseleniella Zeller, 1839 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Cedestis subfasciella (Stephens, 1834) Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Clavigesta purdeyi (Durrant, 1911) Lepidoptera: Tortricidae UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Ocnerostoma friesei Svensson, 1966 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Ocnerostoma piniariella Zeller, 1847 Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Pinus elsewhere

Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839) Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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