Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Digitalis grandiflora

yellow foxglove

synonym: Digitalis ambigua

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
stem vagrant Aphididae Myzus antirrhinii
leaf leaf spot Gnomoniaceae Diplodina euphrasiae
predator Miridae Dicyphus geniculatus
leaf predator Miridae Dicyphus cerastii
predator Miridae Dicyphus epilobii
flower borer Geometridae Eupithecia pulchellata
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Lacanobia w-latinum
leaf vagrant Geometridae Eupithecia vulgata
flower vagrant Geometridae Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Melitaea didyma
flower borer Geometridae Eupithecia pyreneata
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Pachyprotasis variegata
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Pachyprotasis rapae
leaf hidden Tortricidae Aphelia ferugana
stem borer Tortricidae Endothenia lapideana
leaf vagrant summer generation Aphididae Aphis fabae
leaf down Erysiphales Golovinomyces orontii
leaf down Peronosporales Peronospora digitalis
leaf leaf spot Capnodiales Ramularia digitalis
flower vagrant Aphididae Aphis armata
leaf miner Agromyzidae Phytomyza digitalis
leaf miner Chrysomelidae Apteropeda orbiculata
leaf vagrant Aphididae Macrosiphum melampyri
leaf vagrant summer generation Aphididae Aphis frangulae

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 2.v.2023