Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Pulicaria dysenterica host plant species

common fleabane synonym: Inula dysenterica organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite seeds vagrant Lygaeidae Stygnocoris rusticus leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Cassida pyrenaea flower vagrant Erebidae Eublemma parva leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Vanessa cardui flower hidden Pyralidae Udea accolalis leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx melissae flower borer Tephritidae Myopites zernyi unknown unknown Curculionidae Lachnaeus crinitus flower borer […]

genus Pulicaria host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite predator Torymidae Torymoides kiesenwetteri seeds vagrant Lygaeidae Stygnocoris rusticus leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Cassida pyrenaea root collar vagrant Pentatomidae Sciocoris fuscosparsus leaf vagrant Tingidae Galeatus scrophicus unknown unknown doubtful Crambidae Anania testacealis leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Vanessa cardui flower hidden Pyralidae Udea accolalis leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx melissae unknown […]

Pulicaria host plants

Pulicaria fleabane Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a mine full depth, finally a blotch; larva with chitinised head => 2 1b upper- or lower-surface corridor; larva a maggot => 3 1c fleck mine => 4 1d galls, etc. => Tables for all parasites per species 2a blotch at leaf margin, with a central dark frass concentration: […]

Eupatorium host plants

Eupatorium hemp agrimony (For a dichotomous table for galls on Eupatorium by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a blotch mine, may be preceded by a corridor => 2 1b corridor mine => 6 1c fleck mine => 12 1d smalll, full depth mines of indefinite shape => 14 1e galls, etc => […]