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The Lundy cabbage flea beetle Psylliodes luridipennis is
found only Lundy and nowhere else in the world. The larvae of the
beetle mine the leaf-stalks and stems of the Lundy cabbage and the
adults feed on the leaves. The Lundy cabbage weevil Ceutorhynchus
contractus ‘var’ pallipes also feeds on Lundy cabbage
and another plant, scurvy grass. The weevil cannot fly, and so has
to walk from plant to plant. The problems that affect the Lundy cabbage
itself, notably grazing and shading-out by the invasive rhododendron,
also affect both the Lundy cabbage flea beetle and the Lundy cabbage
weevil. |
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