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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XERANTHEMUM. Immortelle. [Asteraceae]


Three species of Xeranthemum are recorded in Britain. All are introduced including Immortelle (X. annuum).

No dipterous miners are recorded on Xeranthemum in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzids Chromatomyia syngenesiae and Liriomyza strigata are recorded mining Xeranthemum.

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


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