Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

genus Onosma

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf vagrant Tingidae Tingis hellenica
flower vagrant Tingidae Dictyla nassata
leaf vagrant Miridae Opisthotaenia fulvipes
leaf pustule Pucciniales Puccinia onosmatis
scale Pelionella cycliger
leaf vagrant doubtful Douglasiidae Tinagma hedemanni
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus pulmonariae
unknown unknown Curculionidae Rhabdorrhynchus karelini
unknown unknown Curculionidae Mogulones cingulatus
root collar borer Curculionidae Mogulones lineatus
root collar borer Curculionidae Mogulones sublineellus
root collar borer Curculionidae Mogulones albolineatus
flower borer Nitidulidae Afrogethes pectinatus
flower borer Nitidulidae Afrogethes buduensis
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus nimrodi
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus exsoletus
root collar borer Gelechiidae Ethmia aurifluella
leaf hidden Gelechiidae Ethmia bipunctella
leaf down Erysiphales Erysiphe lycopsidis
leaf down Erysiphales Golovinomyces cynoglossi complex
leaf gall Cecidomyiidae Janetiella onosmae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Agromyza abiens
leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora pennella
leaf miner Crambidae Cynaeda dentalis
leaf miner Crambidae Cynaeda gigantea
leaf miner Elachistidae Perittia echiella
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia onosmaticola

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 9.iii.2022