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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SPIRAEA. Brideworts and Spiraeas. [Rosaceae]


Twelve species of Spiraea are recorded in Britain. All are introduced.

No dipterous miners are recorded on Spiraea in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Agromyza idaeina is recorded mining Spiraea.

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

Elsewhere one British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Spiraea.



British non-dipterous miners recorded on Spiraea elsewhere

Coleophora potentillae Elisha, 1885 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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