Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Teucrium polium

synonym: Teucrium commune

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf miner doubtful Gelechiidae Syncopacma vinella
leaf vagrant Miridae Chlamydatus longirostris
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia majoricensis
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia annularis
leaf down Erysiphales Leveillula taurica
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia constricta
leaf vagrant Geometridae Microloxia herbaria
leaf vagrant Geometridae Petrophora narbonea
leaf vagrant Geometridae Dasypteroma thaumasia
root borer Unknown code! doubtful Buprestidae Agrilus elegans
leaf vagrant Tingidae Hyalochiton komaroffii
flower borer Nitidulidae Teucriogethes nuragicus
flower borer Nitidulidae Teucriogethes minutus
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus nanus
leaf hidden Tortricidae Thiodia trochilana
unknown unknown Gracillariidae Aspilapteryx inquinata
leaf hidden Tortricidae Thiodia couleruana
leaf scale Diaspididae Aspidiotus nerii
flower gall Tingidae Copium clavicorne
leaf vagrant doubtful Aphididae Aphis salviae
flower gall Tingidae Copium teucrii
leaf down Erysiphales Leveillula duriaei
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia istriaca
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia polii
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Puccinia teucrii
leaf gall Aphididae Aphis teucrii

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 18.v.2023