Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

genus Rosa host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite stem scale Coccidae Pulvinaria vitis leaf vagrant Tingidae Physatocheila confinis leaf vagrant Tingidae Physatocheila municeps stem scale Diaspididae Pseudaulacaspis pentagona leaf hidden Tortricidae Epagoge grotiana leaf vagrant Noctuidae Trigonophora crassicornis leaf vagrant Tenuipalpidae Tenuipalpus rosae leaf vagrant Pyralidae Pyralis regalis stem scale Coccidae Parthenolecanium persicae fruit borer […]

Rosa pendulina host plant species

synonym: Rosa alpina organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf leaf spot Sporocadaceae Sporocadus rosarum stem borer Cephidae Phylloecus niger leaf hidden Hesperiidae Spialia rosae fruit borer Torymidae Megastigmus aculeatus fruit borer Torymidae Megastigmus nigrovariegatus fruit borer Torymidae Megastigmus rosae stem gall Buprestidae Agrilus cuprescens stem borer Prodoxidae Lampronia standfussiella leaf vagrant Cicadellidae […]

Rosa sempervirens host plant species

synonym: Rosa balearica, lucida, scandens Mill. See also Rosa alba. organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite predator Eulophidae Stepanovia eurytomae predator Eupelmidae Eupelmus muellneri leaf gall Tenthredinidae Blennocampa phyllocolpa leaf gall Cecidomyiidae Dasineura rosae leaf gall Cynipidae Diplolepis rosae leaf gall Cynipidae Diplolepis nervosa leaf gall Cynipidae Diplolepis eglanteriae leaf miner Nepticulidae Ectoedemia […]

genus Sanguisorba host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf vagrant Pterophoridae Stangeia siceliota root film Helicobasidiaceae Helicobasidium purpureum leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Ramularia pseudomaculiformis leaf leaf spot Gnomoniaceae Discula sanguisorbae leaf leaf spot Drepanopezizaceae Diplocarpon fragariae leaf leaf spot Dothioraceae Dothichiza sanguisorbae leaf leaf spot Phyllostictaceae Phyllosticta sanguisorbae leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Phacellium bulbigerum leaf […]

Filipendula vulgaris host plant species

dropwort synonym: Filipendula hexapetala; Spiraea filipendula organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf leaf spot Capnodiales Ramularia ulmariae leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Peribalus inclusus fruit hidden Hesperiidae Pyrgus cinarae leaf vagrant Drepanidae Habrosyne pyritoides leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Brenthis hecate leaf hidden Hesperiidae Pyrgus malvoides leaf hidden Hesperiidae Pyrgus armoricanus leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Endelomyia filipendulae […]

Sanguisorba minor host plant species

salad burnet synonym: Poterium dictyocarpum, minor, minus, sanguisorba; Sanguisorba maroccana organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf leaf spot Drepanopezizaceae Diplocarpon fragariae leaf leaf spot Dothioraceae Dothichiza sanguisorbae leaf leaf spot Phyllostictaceae Phyllosticta sanguisorbae leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Phacellium bulbigerum leaf vagrant Scutelleridae Odontotarsus purpureolineatus leaf vagrant doubtful Miridae Strongylocoris niger leaf vagrant […]

Sanguisorba officinalis host plant species

great burnet synonym: Pimpinella officinalis; Poterium officinale; Sanguisorba carnea, major, microcephala organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite flower vagrant Scutelleridae Eurygaster testudinaria fruit vagrant Lygaeidae Spilostethus saxatilis leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Carpocoris purpureipennis leaf vagrant Noctuidae Diachrysia zosimi leaf vagrant doubtful Noctuidae Orthosia opima leaf vagrant Saturniidae Saturnia pavoniella leaf vagrant Lasiocampidae Malacosoma castrensis […]

genus Filipendula host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf vagrant Curculionidae Neoglanis ovalis stem borer Cephidae Phylloecus xanthostoma leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Pseudocercospora laxipes leaf leaf spot Phyllostictaceae Phyllosticta filipendulina leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Septoria ulmariae leaf leaf spot Capnodiales Ramularia ulmariae leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Peribalus inclusus leaf vagrant Miridae Apolygus spinolae leaf vagrant Miridae […]

Rosa canina host plant species

dog-rose synonym: Rosa afzeliana, andegavensis, caucasica, globularis, heterostyla, mandonii, nitidula, prutensis, scabrata Crép., sepium Lam., sphaerica, squarrosa, trichoneura organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Edwardsiana rosae stem scale Actinomycetales Rhodococcus perornatus fruit borer Carposinidae Carposina scirrhosella stem borer Cephidae Phylloecus niger leaf leaf spot Sporocadaceae Sporocadus rosarum leaf leaf spot […]

October, 2017 news

“new” gall on rosemary Pseudomonas syringae ? new gall for the Benelux Rhopalomyia palaearum new mine for the Benelux Stigmella nivenburgensis (numerous localities!) new edition gall field guide Roelof Jan Koops: “Veldgids Plantengallen” unknown Mayetiola on Milium effusum new host plant Phyllonorycter comparella: Populus x canadensis (This made it necessary to rewrite the Phyllonorycter section […]

Rosa host plants

Rosa rose (For a dichotomous table for galls on Rosa by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a small blotch with a round excision: Incurvaria masculella 1b blotch or tentiform mine: Coptotriche angusticollella 1c corridor, more or less widened towards the end => 2 1d fleck mine => 6 1e galls, etc. => […]

Ectoedemia angulifasciella parasite

Ectoedemia angulifasciella (Stainton, 1849) bent-barred pigmy on Rosa Rosa canina, Belgium, Prov. Namur, Couvin, Petigny, Barrage du Ry de Rome © Stéphane Claerebout occupied mine Rosa sp., Losser Rosa sp., Brummen mine Oviposition at the underside of the leaf, usually not far from the midrib. The mine is a corridor; its first part is strongly […]

Sanguisorba host plants

Sanguisorba burnet incl. Poterium. (For a dichotomous table for galls on Sanguisorba by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a small (< 1 cm) full depth blotch or broad corridor; larvae later live free: Spialia sertorius 1b upper-surface corridor without an egg shell at the beginning; larva a maggot => 2 1c full […]

Filipendula host plants

Filipendula dropwort, meadowsweet (For a dichotomous table for galls on Filipenula by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a small (< 1 cm) blotch or broad corridor, eventually with an excision: Incurvaria praelatella 1b full depth blotch without an intial corridor: Fenella nigrita 1c corridor, may terminate in a blotch => 2 1d […]