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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POLYCARPON. Four-leaved Allseed. [Caryophyllaceae]


Four-leaved Allseed (P. tetraphyllum) is the only species of Polycarpon recorded in Britain. It is an introduced species.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Polycarpon in Britain.

Elsewhere Scaptomyza graminum is recorded mining Polycarpon.

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


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Last updated 28-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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