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SALICORNIA. Glassworts. [Chenopodiaceae]

Seven species of Salicornia are recorded in Britain - Long-spiked Glasswort (S. dolichostachya), Common Glasswort (S. europaea), Yellow Glasswort (S. fragilis), Shiny Glasswort (S. nitens), Glaucous Glasswort (S. obscura), One-flowered Glasswort (S. pusilla) and Purple Glasswort (S. ramosissima). All five are native. Only one dipterous miner, the ephydrid Clanoneurum cimiciforme, is recorded on Salicornia in Britain. See ATRIPLEX. Elsewhere the drosophilid Scaptomyza graminum is recorded on Salicornia. Four non-dipterous miners are recorded on Salicornia in Britain. Elsewhere two additional British non-dipterous miners are recorded on Salicornia, although one of these requires confirmation.

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Salicornia in Britain Coleophora atriplicis Meyrick, 1928 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   Scrobipalpa nitentella (Fuchs, 1902) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Coleophora salicorniae (Heinemann & Wocke, 1876) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   Scrobipalpa instabilella (Douglas, 1846) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Salicornia elsewhere ? Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae     Scrobipalpa salinella (Zeller, 1847) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae

Last updated 20-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin