Filago cottonrose, cudweed, pigmy cudweed, rabbit tobacco
Incl. Evax, Logfia.
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Filago by Hans Roskam click here)Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine full depth; larva with thoracic feet and chitinised head: Digitivalva reticulella
1b mine under- or upper-surface; larva a maggot => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine full depth; larva with thoracic feet and chitinised head: Digitivalva reticulella
1b mine under- or upper-surface; larva a maggot => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a pupation within the mine, in an, usually lower-surface, pupal chamber: Chromatomyia cf syngenesiae
2b pupation external => 3
3a frass mostly in separate granules; in fresh mines the primary feeding lines conspicuous: Phytomyza kyffhusana
3b frass mostly in strings; primary feeding lines invisible: Liriomyza strigata