Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

genus Nepeta

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf hidden Gelechiidae Dirhinosia interposita
leaf down Erysiphaceae Golovinomyces biocellatus
fruit borer younger larva Coleophoridae Coleophora nepetellae
leaf leaf spot Phyllostictaceae Phyllosticta nepetae
leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Septoria catariae
leaf down Peronosporaceae Peronospora belbahrii
leaf leaf spot Didymellaceae Ascochyta leonuri
leaf vagrant Lygaeidae Platyplax salviae
fruit gall Cynipidae Liposthenes kerneri
predator Miridae Macrolophus pygmaeus
leaf vagrant Lygaeidae Heterogaster cathariae
leaf vagrant Alydidae Camptopus lateralis
predator Miridae Dicyphus errans
leaf vagrant Lygaeidae Heterogaster cathariae
leaf down Erysiphales Leveillula taurica
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx aurata
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx melissae
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx atropunctata
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx florida
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Eupteryx decemnotata
unknown unknown Curculionidae Datonychus transsylvanicus
unknown unknown Apionidae Squamapion samarense
flower borer Nitidulidae Sagittogethes incanus
leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Cassida viridis
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus alfieri
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus obliteratus
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Longitarsus lycopi
leaf vagrant Chrysomelidae Chrysolina polita
root collar scale Pseudococcidae Trionymus multivorus
fruit vagrant Gelechiidae Thiotricha subocellea
leaf vagrant Pterophoridae Merrifieldia malacodactylus
leaf hidden doubtful Crambidae Pyrausta ostrinalis
leaf hidden Crambidae Pyrausta aurata
leaf vagrant Tortricidae Cacoecimorpha pronubana
leaf bud borer younger larva Pterophoridae Stenoptilia cyrnea
leaf vagrant older larva Pterophoridae Stenoptilia cyrnea
unknown unknown Pterophoridae Stenoptilia lucasi
systemic vagrant Pterophoridae Stenoptilia nepetellae
unknown unknown Pterophoridae Stenoptilia mannii
stem gall doubtful Apionidae Squamapion vicinum
leaf scale Aleyrodidae Asterobemisia paveli
root borer Sesiidae Chamaesphecia anatolica
root borer Sesiidae Chamaesphecia anthrax
root borer Sesiidae Chamaesphecia maurusia
stem miner Agromyzidae Ophiomyia labiatarum
leaf vagrant Aphididae Eucarazzia elegans
leaf vagrant Aphididae Aphis gossypii
fruit borer younger larva Coleophoridae Coleophora nepetella
fruit gall Cynipidae Liposthenes kerneri
flower gall Cecidomyiidae Jaapiella catariae
leaf down Erysiphales Leveillula duriaei
leaf down Erysiphales Neoërysiphe galeopsidis
leaf gall Aphididae Aphis nepetae
leaf gall summer generation Aphididae Ovatus crataegarius
leaf miner Agromyzidae Liriomyza strigata
leaf miner Agromyzidae Liriomyza trifolii
leaf miner Agromyzidae Phytomyza nepetae
leaf miner doubtful Chrysomelidae Dibolia carpathica
leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora albitarsella
leaf miner doubtful Coleophoridae Coleophora pennella
leaf miner Curculionidae Orchestes stobieckii
leaf vagrant Aphididae Aulacorthum circumflexum
leaf miner Nepticulidae Glaucolepis albiflorella
leaf miner Psychidae Apterona helicoidella
leaf pustule aecia uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia menthae
leaf vagrant summer generation Aphididae Aphis frangulae
fruit gall Cynipidae Liposthenes kerneri
leaf vagrant Aphididae Aulacorthum solani
leaf vagrant Aphididae Myzus ornatus

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 12.v.2023