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Host attributesDescription
Flora EuropaeaEntered if host plant name was checked in the Flora Europaea
Non-nativeEntered if host plant was not a native species in the British Isles
Taxon untracedEntered if plant host name could not be found in Hortus 3rd or Index Kewensis
CTW (GB flora)Entered if host plant name was checked in Flora of the British Isles, 2nd edn., Clapham, Tutin and Warburg, 1962, Cambridge University Press (current names in host plant dictionary checked against New Atlas of the British & Irish Flora, Preston et al., 2002. Oxford University Press)
No checklistEntered for permitted non-Latin names (typically broad host categories, e.g. coniferous trees)
Not GB speciesEntered if non-British insects were reported as hosts of British invertebrates

 

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