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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PULICARIA. Fleabanes. [Asteraceae]

Four species of Pulicaria are recorded in Britain. These include the native Small Fleabane (P. vulgaris) and Common Fleabane (P. dysenterica).

Small Fleabane (P. vulgaris) is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.

Two dipterous miners, the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Phytomyza conyzae, are recorded on Pulicaria in Britain, although the record of Chromatomyia 'atricornis' requires confirmation.

See INULA.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Phytomyza conyzae are recorded mining Pulicaria.

Four non-dipterous miners are recorded on Pulicaria in Britain.
Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica Image: Brian Pitkin
Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Pulicaria in Britain

Coleophora conyzae Zeller, 1868 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora follicularis (Vallot, 1802) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora inulae Wocke, 1877 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Digitivalva pulicariae (Klimesch, 1956) Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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