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(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by
Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
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ATHYRIUM.
Lady-ferns. [Woodsiaceae]
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Three
species of Athyrium are recorded in Britain. These include Alpine Lady-fern
(A. distentifolium) and Lady-fern (A. filix-femina). The BSBI provide a downloadable plant crib for Athyrium.
Two British miners are recorded on Athyrium.
A key to the European miners recorded on
Athyrium 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 Athyrium
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1# > ? Leaf
/ Stem-miner: In leaf stems and fronds (Ackland in Chandler,
1978: 227). |
On Matteucia and Pteridium, but not yet on Athyrium, in Britain and
elsewhere and in addition Athyrium elsewhere. Widespread
in Britain and continental Europe.
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Chirosia
cinerosa (Zetterstedt, 1845) [Diptera: Anthomyiidae]. |
1 > Leaf-miner: Large full depth blotch, covering the entire distal part of a pinnula.
The mine begins near the top, where an elliptic egg shell is attached
to the underside of the rachis. Larva solitary. The mine contains
much frass.
An upperside blotch at the tip of a pinna lobe. |
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On Pteridium and Dryopteris, but not yet on Athyrium, in Britain and continental
Europe and additional other genera of ferns elsewhere. Widespread
in Britain and continental Europe. Also recorded in East Palaearctic
and Near East.
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Chirosia
histricina Rondani, 1866 [Diptera: Anthomyiidae]. |
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