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VERBASCUM. Mulleins. [Scrophulariaceae]

Eighteen species of Verbascum are recorded in Britain. These include the native White Mullein (V. lychnitis), Dark Mullein (V. nigrum), Hoary Mullein (V. pulverulentum), Great Mullein (V. thapsus) and Twiggy Mullein (V. virgatum) and the introduced Cretan Mullein (V. creticum). Only one dipterous miner, the agromyzid Amauromyza verbasci, is recorded on Verbascum in Britain. The agromyzid Napomyza scrophulariae is recorded feeding in both seed heads and stems of Digitalis pupurea and possibly Scrophularia nodosa, Verbascum and Mentha in Britain. Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Amauromyza verbasci, Liriomyza bryoniae and Liriomyza strigata are recorded mining Verbascum. One non-dipterous leaf-miner is recorded on Verbascum in Britain (see below).

Great Mullein - Verbascum thapsus.

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

1> A linear-blotch mine, often with several mines occurring in the same leaf. puparium orange-yellow     Mines of Amauromyza verbasci on Verbascum thapsus. Images: Brian Pitkin Amauromyza (Trilobomyza) verbasci (Bouché) [Agromyzidae].

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Verbascum in Britain Apteropeda orbiculata (Marsham, 1802) Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae

Last updated 21-Mar-2008  Brian Pitkin

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