Scrophularia figwort
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Scrophularia by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine upper- or lower-surface; larva a maggot => 2
1b full depth corridor; larva with chitinised head: Apteropeda orbiculata
1c galls, etc. => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine upper- or lower-surface; larva a maggot => 2
1b full depth corridor; larva with chitinised head: Apteropeda orbiculata
1c galls, etc. => Tables for all parasites per species
2a large, pale, upper-surface blotch: Amauromyza verbasci
2b corridor mine => 3
3a corridor pinnately branched, main branch overlying the midrib: Liriomyza strigata
3b corridor free from the midrib, not pinnate => 4
4a puparium in the mine; frass in isolated grains: Chromatomyia horticola
4b pupation outside the mine; frass in thread fragments: Liriomyza bryoniae
Not included in the key: Cnephasia asseclana, incertana; Nothris congressariella.