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SOLANUM. Bittersweet, Nightshades and Potato. [Solanaceae]

Twenty-eight species of Solanum are recorded in Britain. These include the native Black Nightshade (S. nigrum) and Bittersweet (S. dulcamara) and the introduced Potato (S. tuberosum) and Aubergine (S. melongena). Four dipterous miners, the agromyzid Liriomyza bryoniae, the anthomyiids Pegomya dulcamarae, Pegomya hyoscyami and Pegomya interuptella are recorded on Solanum in Britain, although those of Pegomya hyoscyami are doubtful. The agromyzidsLiriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae and Liriomyza trifolii, pest species of ornamental and vegetable crops occasionally intercepted at UK points of entry, are recorded on Solanum. Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza trifolii have been found under glass in England and Wales. All populations have been and continue to be eradicated. Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza bryoniae, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza strigata and Liriomyza trifolii and the anthomyiids Pegomya dulcamarae and Pegomya interuptella are recorded mining Solanum. Three non-dipterous miners are recorded on Solanum in Britain (see below).

Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.

#> Details of mine unknown. Pegomya dulcamarae Wood [Anthomyiidae]. #> Details of mine unknown. Record on Solanum doubtful!. Mine of Pegomya hyoscyami on Atropa belladonna. Image: Willem Ellis. (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Pegomya hyoscyami (Panzer) [Anthomyiidae]. #> Details of mine unknown. Pegomya interuptella (Zetterstedt) [Anthomyiidae]. 1> A short, irregular, linear upper surface mine on any part of the leaf, indistinguishable from the mine of Liriomyza sativae. Puparium pale yellowish-brown Mines of Liromyza bryoniae on Tomato. Image: Crown copyright - courtesy of CSL Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach) [Agromyzidae].

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Solanum in Britain Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838 Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae     Scrobipalpa costella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae

Last updated 06-May-2008  Brian Pitkin

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