Bassia smotherweed, burningbush, ragweed
Incl. Echinopsilon, Kochia, Maireana. Maireana ciliata (Kochia ciliata) is an Australian species that has been introduced into Spain.
Dichotomous table for leafminers
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Bassia by Hans Roskam click here)1a larva mines from a transportable case, making fleck mines, without frass => 2
1b larva mines from the inside => 3
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
1a larva mines from a transportable case, making fleck mines, without frass => 2
1b larva mines from the inside => 3
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a case incrusted with sand grains; mouth angle c. 65°; (only?) on Maireana ciliata: Coleophora ciliataephaga
2b case without sand grains, mouth angle 20-30°; on Bassia species: Coleophora deviella
3a mine full depth, very clear; larva with chitinised head: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
3b mine upper- or lower-surface; larva a maggot => 4
4a at the start of the mine, at the underside, a group of elliptic eggs shells: Pegomya hyoscyami
4b no egg shells visible: Hydrellia griseola