(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
ALSTROEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. [Liliaceae]
Only one species of Alstroemeria is recorded in Britain, the introduced Peruvian Lily (A. aurea).
No miners are recorded on Alstroemeria in Britain.
Elsewhere the non-British polyphagous agromyzids Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza trifolii are recorded mining Alstroemeria. See also Liriomyza species in Glasshouses and/or Quarantine Interceptions.