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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VIBURNUM. Wayfaring-tree, Guelder-rose and Laurustinus. [Caprifoliaceae]


Six species and two hybrids of Viburnum are recorded in Britain. These include Wayfaring-tree (V. lantana), Guelder-rose (V. opulus) and Laurustinus (V. tinus).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Viburnum in Britain.

Three non-dipterous miners are recorded on Viburnum in Britain.

Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Viburnum.



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Viburnum in Britain

Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, 1877 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

?Coleophora violacea (Ström, 1783)

Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter lantanella (Schrank, 1802) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Viburnum elsewhere

Gracillaria syringella (Fabricius, 1794) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea


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