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(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by
Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
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ACTAEA.
Baneberry. [Ranunculaceae]
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Only
one species of Actaea, the native Baneberry (A. spicata), is recorded in Britain.
Only one British miner is recorded on Actaea.
A key to the European miners recorded on
Actaea 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 Actaea
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Leaf miner: The first instar larva forms a shallow winding linear mine on the
underside of the leaf, later forming a broad upper surface mine
(Spencer, 1976: 436); initially
frass in a narrow central line which after the larva moves to the
upperside of the leaf is in irregular black lumps. Pupation internal (Spencer,
1976: 436). |
On Clematis, but not yet on Actaea, in Britain and Clematis and Actaea elsewhere. Distribution in Britain unknow. Widespread in continental Europe
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Phytomyza
kaltenbachi Hendel, 1922 [Diptera: Agromyzidae]. |
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