Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

genus Quercus host plant genus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite leaf miner Tortricidae Rhopobota myrtillana leaf vagrant Noctuidae Conistra rubiginosa leaf vagrant Noctuidae Tiliacea cypreago root vagrant larva Curculionidae Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus unknown unknown Curculionidae Coeliodes siculus leaf vagrant Noctuidae Rileyiana fovea leaf hidden Ypsolophidae Ypsolopha lucella leaf hidden Ypsolophidae Ypsolopha ustella inquiline Tortricidae Pammene gallicolana leaf vagrant […]

Quercus pubescens host plant species

synonym: Quercus heterophylla, humilis Mill., lanuginosa (Lam.) Thuill., pseudo-aegilops, pseudoaegilopsis, virgiliana organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite stem scale Diaspididae Lepidosaphes ulmi leaf vagrant Tingidae Physatocheila confinis unknown unknown Asterolecaniidae Asterodiaspis bella unknown scale Kermesidae Kermes bacciformis unknown scale Asterolecaniidae Asterodiaspis roboris leaf miner Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter abrasella leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora serratella leaf […]

Quercus robur host plant species

pedunculate oak synonym: Quercus aesculus, concordia, fastigiata, filicifolia, granbyana, haas, laciniata, lanuginosa Beck., pedunculata, pendula, purpurea, pyramidalis organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite inquiline Tortricidae Pammene gallicolana leaf hidden Pyralidae Acrobasis sodalella leaf hidden Pyralidae Cryptoblabes bistriga unknown unknown Asterolecaniidae Asterodiaspis bella unknown unknown Coccidae Eulecanium cerasorum leaf miner Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter abrasella root […]

Quercus host plants

Quercus oak (For a dichotomous table for galls on Quercus by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a mine ending with an excision => 2 1b blotch, may have a short, quickly widening preceding corridor => 7 1c blotch, preceded by a long, slender initial corridor => 15 1d corridor from start to […]