{"id":30750,"date":"2017-05-09T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/host-plants\/spermatopsida\/angiosperma\/advanced-dicots\/caryophyllales\/caryophylloideae\/silene\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:49:16","slug":"silene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/host-plants\/plantae\/spermatopsida\/angiosperma\/eudicots\/superasterids\/caryophyllales\/caryophyllaceae\/caryophylloideae\/sileneae\/silene\/","title":{"rendered":"Silene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1><em>Silene<\/em> catchfly, campion<\/h1>\n<p class=\"remark\">Incl. <em>Atocion, Cucubalus, Lychnis<\/em> (ragged robin, catchfly), <em>Melandrium<\/em>, <em>Viscaria<\/em>. <em>Heliospermum quadrifidum<\/em> sensu Hegi =&gt; <em>Silene pusilla<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4>(For a dichotomous table for galls on <em>Sileme<\/em> by Hans Roskam click <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/gallers-on-silene\/\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>\n<h2>Dichotomous table for leafminers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>1a<\/strong> mine entirely full depth (no fleck mine) =&gt; 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>1b<\/strong> mine at least partly upper- of lower-surface =&gt; 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>1c<\/strong> fleck mine =&gt; 19<\/p>\n<p><strong>1d<\/strong> galls, etc. =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/silene\/#all\">Tables for all parasites per species<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>2a<\/strong> larva with chitinised head =&gt; 3<\/p>\n<p><strong>2b<\/strong> larva a maggot =&gt; 9\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>3a<\/strong> larva without thoracic feet =&gt; 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>3b<\/strong> thoracic feet present =&gt; 6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>4a<\/strong> generally numerous tiny mines in a leaf; larvae slender: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/phytosciara-halterata\">Phytosciara halterata<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4b<\/strong> a single gallery; larva squat =&gt; 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>5a<\/strong> fairly broad, branched gallery: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/orthochaetes-insignis\"><em>Orthochaetes insignis<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5b<\/strong> narrow unbranched gallery along the leaf margin: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/oreorrhynchaeus-alpicola\">Oreorrhynchaeus alpicola<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5c<\/strong> broad, unbranched gallery: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/aphytobius-sphaerion\/\">Aphytobius sphaerion<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>6a<\/strong> mines small, of indefinite shape =&gt; 7<\/p>\n<p><strong>6b<\/strong> mine not that small, a gallery followed by a blotch =&gt; 8\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>7a<\/strong> larva: pinacula colourless (but the bases of the setae themselves are black): <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/cnephasia-incertana\">Cnephasia incertana<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7b<\/strong> pinacula black: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/cnephasia-stephensiana\">Cnephasia stephensiana<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>8a<\/strong> the larva mines all its life: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/chrysoesthia-eppelsheimi\">Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>8b<\/strong> the older larva feeds from a silken tube, or between spun leaves: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/caryocolum-marmorea\">Caryocolum marmorea<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>9a<\/strong> blotch =&gt; 10<\/p>\n<p><strong>9b<\/strong> gallery: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/delia-brunnescens\"><em>Delia brunnescens<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>10a<\/strong> frass in very fine grains: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/hydrellia-griseola\">Hydrellia griseola<\/a><\/em> but see also 16b, <em>Scaptomyza graminum<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10b<\/strong> frass in coarse grains =&gt; 11\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>11a<\/strong> plant with its highest leaves wilting because the larva also bores in the stem): <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/delia-echinata\"><em>Delia echinata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>11b<\/strong> no wilting of the top leaves (larva does not penetrte into the stem): <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/delia-coronariae\">Delia coronariae<\/a><\/em> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/pegomya-flavifrons\"><em>Pegomya flavifrons<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>12a<\/strong> a short lower-surface gallery, ending upon a thick vein: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/ophiomyia-melandricaulis\"><em>Ophiomyia melandricaulis<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>12b<\/strong> the mine does not end upon a vein =&gt; 13\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>13a<\/strong> the mine starts from an egg, that is visible from the outside; much frass, in lumps or green patches =&gt; 14<\/p>\n<p><strong>13b<\/strong> no egg visible (it is deposited inside the leaf) =&gt; 15\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>14a<\/strong> most of the mine full-depth: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/pegomya-flavifrons\"><em>Pegomya flavifrons<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>14b<\/strong> most of the mine upper- or lower-surface: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/pegomya-hyoscyami\"><em>Pegomya hyoscyami<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>15a<\/strong> mine strongly widened towards the end =&gt; 16<\/p>\n<p><strong>15b<\/strong> mine a gallery throughout =&gt; 17\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>16a<\/strong> frass as a few small black grains; larva with its rear end blunt: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/amauromyza-flavifrons\"><em>Amauromyza flavifrons<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>16b<\/strong> frass in very fine, green grains, as green clouds in corners of the mine (often only recognisable after the mine has been opened); larva slender, with its rear end acute: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/scaptomyza-graminum\"><em>Scaptomyza graminum<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>17a<\/strong> gallery pinnately branched; its main and side branches on top of the midrib and lateral veins: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/liriomyza-strigata\">Liriomyza strigata<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>17b<\/strong> gallery not pinnate, course independent of the venation of the leaf =&gt; 18\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>18a<\/strong> larva: rear spiraculum with 3 papillae: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/liriomyza-brassicae\">Liriomyza brassicae<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>18b<\/strong> rear spiraculum with 7-12 papillae: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/liriomyza-bryoniae\"><em>Liriomyza bryoniae<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>19a<\/strong> case with darker length lines, caused by adhering minute grains of detritus =&gt; 20<\/p>\n<p><strong>19b<\/strong> case smooth, no length lines =&gt; 22\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>20a<\/strong> case distinctly narrowed to the anal end, therefore spindle shaped: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-meridionella\">Coleophora meridionella<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>20b<\/strong> case not spindle shaped =&gt; 21\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>21a<\/strong> species af all Europe: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-galbulipennella\"><em>Coleophora galbulipennella<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>21b<\/strong> species of southern and central Europe: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-corsicella\">Coleophora corsicella<\/a><\/em> &amp; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-nubivagella\">C. nubivagella<\/a><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<div class=\"couplet\">\n<p><strong>22a<\/strong> case with a sharp, simple dorsal keel: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-solitariella\">Coleophora solitariella<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>22b<\/strong> about halfway down its length the dorsal keel is bifurcating: <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-lithargyrinella\"><em>Coleophora lithargyrinella<\/em><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- couplet --><\/p>\n<p>Not included in the key: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/caryocolum-vicinella\">Caryocolum vicinella<\/a><\/em> (descriptions incomplete and contradictory); <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/coleophora-hackmani\">Coleophora hackmani<\/a><\/em> (case not known); <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/trachystyphlus-alpinus\">Trachystyphlus alpinus<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silene catchfly, campion Incl. Atocion, Cucubalus, Lychnis (ragged robin, catchfly), Melandrium, Viscaria. Heliospermum quadrifidum sensu Hegi =&gt; Silene pusilla. (For a dichotomous table for galls on Sileme by Hans Roskam click here) Dichotomous table for leafminers 1a mine entirely full depth (no fleck mine) =&gt; 2 1b mine at least partly upper- of lower-surface =&gt; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":294548,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"host-genus.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30750","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-host-plant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30750\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}