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(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by
Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
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RUBIA.
Madders. [Rubiaceae]
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Two
species of Rubia, the native Wild Madder (R. peregrina)
and the introduced Madder (R. tinctorum) are recorded in
Britain.
Only one miner is recorded on Rubia.
A key to the European miners recorded on Rubia is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa.
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Key for the identification of the known mines of British
insects (Diptera and non-Diptera) recorded on Rubia
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1 > Leaf-miner: A narrow linear mine which may largely fill small leaves
and produce a secondary blotch. Puparium orange |
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On Galium, but not yet on Rubia, in Britain and additional genera of Lamiaceae elsewhere.
Widespread in Britain and continental Europe.
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Galiomyza
morio (Brischke, 1880) [Diptera: Agromyzidae]. |
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