| This list has been taken from the 'Hosts of British Leaf-mining insect fauna' (© Brian Pitkin and Colin Plant) and is a precusor to AIDGAP keys to Leaf Miners. Please credit the authors when quoting from this list and email any additions, corrections or comments to Colin Plant. |
Cirsium species (thistle):
Dip: Euleia
heraclei, Liriomyza soror, Liriomyza trifolii, Phytomyza heterophylii,
Phytomyza spinaceae,
Pegomya steini,
Col: Apteropeda orbiculata
Lep: Coleophora
peribenanderi (usually C.arvense),
Scrobipalpa acuminitella
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle):
Dip: Chromatomyia
'atricornis', Phytomyza autumnalis, Phtyomyza cirsi
Lep: Coleophora
follicularis, Coleophora
paripennella, Coleophora
peribenanderi,
Agonopterix propinquella
Col: Hadroplontus litura
Cirsium dissectum (Marsh Plume Thistle):
Dip: Liriomyza strigata, Phytomyza autumnalis
Cirsium heterophyllum (Melancholy Thistle):
Dip: Phytomyza albiceps
Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle):
Dip: Liriomyza strigata, Phytomyza autumnalis, Phytomyza cirsii
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle):
Dip: Chromatomyia 'atricornis'
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