This list was complied from primary sources such as the Hosts of the British leaf-mining insect fauna by Pitkin and Plant and the Host plant genera of the British Agromyzidae by Warrington. Other sources include published data and the Leafminers and plant galls of Europe website. Please notify Colin Plant or Rob Edmunds of any additions, alterations or corrections.

Cynara species:

Recorded Elsewhere:

Dip: Liriomyza strigata, Phytomyza cirsii, Phytomyza tenella
Lep: Agonopterix propinquella

Cynara scolymus (Globe Artichoke):

Dip: Chromatomyia horticola, Pegomya steini

Cynara cardunculus (Artichoke Thistle)

Col: Sphaeroderma rubidum
Lep: Coleophora paripennella