(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
VERBESINA. Golden Crownbeard. [Asteraceae]
Two species of Verbesina are recorded in Britain. Both are introduced.
No miners are recorded on Verbesina in Britain.
Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza sativae is recorded mining Verbesina. See also Liriomyza species in Glasshouses and/or Quarantine Interceptions.