Abstract
Present information shows that genuine mines are produced both in Europe and elsewhere in the world, including the tropics, only by insect larvae. Many other types of feeding, such as that of adult weevils produce patterns resembling mines but which do not conform to our definition of a mine as both feeding a n d living quarters. As far as we know the larvae of only 4 insect Orders can be considered as producers of mines, of which Lepidoptera and Diptera comprise the greatest number of species, while Hymenoptera and Coleoptera have been identified as mining insects less frequently.
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Hering, E.M. (1951). Mine Producers. In: Biology of the Leaf Miners. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7196-8_6
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