Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

bearberry

synonym: Arbutus uva-ursi; Uva-ursi procumbens

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
predator Lygaeidae Geocoris dispar
seeds vagrant Lygaeidae Eremocoris abietis
seeds vagrant Lygaeidae Trapezonotus arenarius
stem gall Diaspididae Chionaspis salicis
leaf hidden Tortricidae Gypsonoma imparana
leaf hidden Tortricidae Phiaris obsoletana
leaf vagrant Miridae Ribautocapsus bruckii
root vagrant Scutelleridae Phimodera lapponica
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Coranarta cordigera
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Coranarta restricta
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Hyppa rectilinea
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Ammopolia witzenmanni
leaf vagrant Lasiocampidae Malacosoma alpicola
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Ophiola russeola
leaf hidden Tortricidae Apotomis sauciana
leaf hidden Tortricidae Stictea mygindiana
leaf hidden Tortricidae Clepsis rurinana
leaf hidden Tortricidae Philedonides lunana
leaf vagrant Eriophyidae Epitrimerus venustus
leaf vagrant Eriophyidae Tetra durmitorensis
leaf vagrant Eriophyidae Aculops manzanitae
leaf scale Aleyrodidae Aleurotuba jelinekii
leaf bud gall Eriophyidae Aceria jaapi
leaf leaf spot Exobasidiales Exobasidium sydowianum
leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora arctostaphyli
leaf miner Nepticulidae Etainia albibimaculella
leaf miner Tortricidae Argyroploce arbutella
leaf miner Tortricidae Epinotia nemorivaga
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Pucciniastrum sparsum
stem witches’ broom Exobasidiales Exobasidium uvae-ursi
stem vagrant Aphididae Aphis uvaeursi
stem vagrant Aphididae Aphis vaccinii
leaf vagrant summer generation Aphididae Wahlgreniella ossiannilssoni

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 1.x.2023