(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
MORMORDICA. Balsam-pear. [Cucurbitaceae]
Only one species of Momordica is recorded in Britain, the introduced Balsam-pear (M. charantia).
No British miner is recorded on Momordica in Britain.
Elsewhere the agromyzid Liriomyza trifolii is recorded mining Momordica. See also Liriomyza species in Glasshouses and/or Quarantine Interceptions.