(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
OENOTHERA. Evening-primrose's. [Onagraceae]
Twenty five species and hybrids of Oenothera are recorded in Britain. These include the introduced Common Evening-primrose (O. biennis).
No British miners are recorded on Oenothera.
Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza sativae is recorded mining Oenothera. See also Liriomyza species in Glasshouses and/or Quarantine Interceptions.
A key to the European miners recorded on Oenothera is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa.