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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THYMUS. Garden Thymes. [Lamiaceae]


Six species and subspecies of Thymus are recorded in Britain. These include the native Wild Garden Thyme (T. polytrichus).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Thymus in Britain.

Five non-dipterous miners are recorded on Thymus in Britain, although two of these require confirmation.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Thymus in Britain

? Coleophora albitarsella Zeller, 1849 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
? Coleophora lixella Zeller, 1849 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora niveicostella Zeller, 1839 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora serpylletorum Hering, 1889 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Scrobipalpa artemisiella (Treitschke, 1833) Lepidoptera: Gelchiidae   UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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