Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Artemisia herba-alba

white wormwood

synonym: Artemisia aragonensis

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
root scale Pseudococcidae Lacombia dactyloni
predator Torymidae Torymus canariensis
predator Torymidae Torymoides violaceus
predator Torymidae Torymoides navasi
predator Ormyridae Ormyrus orientalis
predator Pteromalidae Pteromalus almeriensis
predator Eulophidae Baryscapus brevicornis
predator Eurytomidae Eurytoma trypeticola
leaf vagrant Geometridae Narraga nelvae
leaf predator Miridae Deraeocoris serenus
leaf vagrant Miridae Deraeocoris cordiger
leaf vagrant Miridae Compsidolon balachowskyi
seeds vagrant Lygaeidae Apterola lownii
leaf vagrant Miridae Compsidolon pumilum
leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Tarisa flavescens
scale Coccidae Pulvinaria artemisiae
leaf vagrant Geometridae Cinglis andalusiaria
flower vagrant Geometridae Eupithecia variostrigata
flower vagrant Noctuidae Cucullia achilleae
leaf vagrant Heterogynidae Heterogynis andalusica
leaf vagrant Geometridae Compsoptera jourdanaria
leaf vagrant Geometridae Thetidia plusiaria
root borer Buprestidae Agrilus albogularis
leaf vagrant Tingidae Tingis liturata
unknown unknown Apionidae Diplapion squamuliferum
unknown unknown Curculionidae Strophosoma blascoi
unknown unknown Curculionidae Strophosoma monegrense
root gall Curculionidae Leucomigus tesselatus
leaf vagrant Curculionidae Strophosoma zarazagai
leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Cassida stigmatica
leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Cassida corallina
unknown unknown Chrysomelidae Cyrtonus plumbeus
stem scale Eriococcidae Acanthococcus thymi
stem gall Tephritidae Oedaspis fissa
leaf vagrant Aphididae Macrosiphoniella pulvera
stem gall Aphididae Xerobion blascoi
leaf bud gall Cecidomyiidae Rhopalomyia ambrosinae
leaf bud gall Cecidomyiidae Rhopalomyia hispanica
leaf bud gall Tephritidae Ptiloedaspis tavaresiana
leaf miner Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix herbalbella
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia absinthii
stem gall Cecidomyiidae Rhopalomyia navasi
stem gall Cecidomyiidae Rhopalomyia producticeps
leaf vagrant Aphididae Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

all buds: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
fruit: also seed
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant.

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tussue
gall: swelling and/or malformation
grazer: feeding at the outside of the plant
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner-borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf
vagrant: (aphids, mites) living freely on the plant, at higher densitiy causing malformations.

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 17.ix.2023