Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

November, 2017 news

new smut fungus for the flora of Belgium Entyloma tanaceti new mine for the Benelux Cosmopterix pulchrimella found in western Belgium new pictures Aceria artemisiae; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Agromyza idaeiana (mine, puparium); Aphis pomi; Bremia cirsii; Camarotoscena speciosa; Campiglossa plantaginis; Caricosipha paniculatae; Ceruraphis eriophori; Chrysoesthia sexguttella; Coleophora atriplicis, coronillae; Cosmopterix scribaiella larva; Dasineura dioicae, lotharingiae; Dysaphis […]

genus Phragmites host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite root scale Pseudococcidae Mirococcopsis subterranea root scale Diaspididae Rhizaspidiotus donacis leaf scale Diaspididae Duplachionaspis natalensis stem scale Diaspididae Kuwanaspis howardi leaf vagrant Tingidae Agramma atricapillum stem hidden Pseudococcidae Trionymus thulensis unknown scale Coccidae Poaspis jahandiezi stem borer Gelechiidae Brachmia inornatella leaf vagrant Unknown code! Delphacidae Delphax armeniacus […]

Phragmites australis host plant species

common reed synonym: Phragmites communis, gigantea J. Gay, longivalvis organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite root scale Diaspididae Rhizaspidiotus donacis leaf scale Diaspididae Duplachionaspis natalensis stem hidden Pseudococcidae Trionymus thulensis unknown scale Coccidae Poaspis jahandiezi stem borer Gelechiidae Brachmia inornatella leaf vagrant Unknown code! Delphacidae Delphax armeniacus stem borer Dolichopodidae Thrypticus smaragdinus leaf […]

Phragmites host plants

Phragmites common reed (For a dichotomous table for galls on Phragmites by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a larva with chitinised head; in narrow segments of the mine frass in a more or less narrow central line => 2 1b larva a maggot; in narrow sections frass in two rows => 6 […]

Cosmopterix scribaiella parasite

Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller, 1850 new marsh cosmet on Phragmites Phragmites australis, de Lutte; herbarium Sjaak Koster same mine, detail mine Initially a corridor, but in the end half as wide as the blade. Widening of the mine is done by adding all tissue between two thick longitudinal veins. Most frass in the lowest part of […]

Cosmopterix lienigiella parasite

Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846 fen cosmet Phragmites australis; coll Sjaak Koster mine At first a gallery, but soon widened to a broad blotch, entirely or partly running upwards, in the end half as wide as the leaf. The mine is widened without consideration for the length veins, making the mine less sharply delineated than in […]