Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Leptopeltina filicina

Leptopeltina filicina (Libert) Petrak, 1947

on Dryopteris

parasite

Thyriothecia dark brown, elliptical, under the epidermis of petioles and veins; ascopsoren hyaline, 3-4 x 17-20 µm, 1-3-septate.

host plants

Dryopteridaceae, monophagous

Dryopteris carthusiana, dilatata.

synonyms

Leptopeltis filicina (Libert) von Höhnel, 1917.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 563) .

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