Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Salicornia

Salicornia glasswort

Incl. Sarocornia.

Dichotomous table for leafminers

1afleck mine: Coleophora atriplicis

1b larva with chtinised head => 2

1clarva a magot => 3

1d galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species

2a larva: head, pronotum and anal shield black: Scrobipalpa salinella

2blarva: head and pronotum brown; anal shield pale yellow: Scrobipalpa nitentella

3alarva: posterior spiraculum pointed, virtually ending in one single papilla: Scaptomyza graminum

3bposterior spiraculum fist-shaped, with more visible papillae => 4

4a at beginning of mine a firm, ribbed egg shell; posterior spiraculum with 3 papillae: Clanoneurum cimiciforme

4bno egg shell; posterior spiraculum with 6-9 papillae: Chromatomyia horticola

Not included in the key: Coleophora salicorniae; Pseudophytobius acalloides; Scrobipalpa ocellatella; Xeniomyza ilicitensis.

Tables for all parasites per species

Last modified 15.vi.2019