Aegopodium
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Aegopodium by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine full depth, transparent, small (but sometimes many together); larva with thoracic feet and a sclerotised head; older larvae only with head and thorax inserted in the mine, or entirely free => 2
1b mine upper- or lower-surface, greenish in transparency, larger, corridor or blotch; larva a maggot => 5
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine full depth, transparent, small (but sometimes many together); larva with thoracic feet and a sclerotised head; older larvae only with head and thorax inserted in the mine, or entirely free => 2
1b mine upper- or lower-surface, greenish in transparency, larger, corridor or blotch; larva a maggot => 5
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a many mines together in axils of the major veins: Epermenia chaerophyllella
2b mines single => 3
3a larva: pinacula colourless (only the bases of the setae black): Cnephasia incertana
3b pinacula black => 4
4a larva: segment 10 with an anal comb: Cnephasia asseclana
4b no anal comb: Cnephasia stephensiana
5ablotch, usually containing several larvae (rare on this host plant) => 6
5bcorridor, may be considerably widened in the end => 8
6alarva big, coarse; cephalic skeleton with an anteriorly directed projection; rear spiraculum with 3 papillae: Euleia heraclei (common species) or Cryptaciura rotundventris (rare species)
6blarva small, tender; cephalic skeleton without such a projection; rear spiraculum with ca. 20 papillae => 7
7alarva: above the entrance to the buccal cavity a dark band with fine warts (species from N and C Europe): Phytomyza aegopodii
7bno such band: Phytomyza chaerophylli
8amine starts with a quite faint lower-surface corridor (rare on this host plant): Phytomyza angelicastri
8bmine upper-surface throughout => 9
9a corridor following the leaf margin for long ends; frass grains big, very numerous, blackish green, often in pearl strings: Phytomyza obscurella
9bcorridor not associated with leaf margin; frass grains smaller, less numerous, not connected => 10
10aspring mine (April – early June): Phytomyza pubicornis
10bsummer mine (after mid June): Phytomyza podagrariae