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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SERRATULA. Saw-wort. [Asteraceae]

Only one species of Serratula is recorded in Britain - the native Saw-wort (S. tinctoria).

Only one dipterous miner, the polyphagous agromyzid Chromatomyia syngenesiae, is recorded on Serratula in Britain.

See ARCTIUM.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia 'atricornis' and Phytomyza spinaciae are recorded mining Serratula.

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

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

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Serratula in Britain

Agonopterix kuznetzovi Lvovsky, 1983 Lepidoptera: Depressariidae       Fauna Europaea
Coleophora paripennella Zeller, 1839 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Serratula elsewhere

Agonopterix propinquella (Treitschke, 1835) Lepidoptera: Depressariidae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

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