Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Honckenya

Honckenya sea sandwort

(For a dichotomous table for galls on Honckenya by Hans Roskam click here)

Dichotomous table for leafminers

1a the larva migrates from one leaf to the other by boring through the stem: Delia quadripila

1b the larva makes a blotch in a single leaf => 2

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

2a frass as not very numerous, black granules: Amauromyza flavifrons

2b frass powdery, in green clouds, often visible only after opening the mine: Scaptomyza graminum

Tables for all parasites per species

Last modified 5.vii.2020