Silene catchfly, campion
Incl. Atocion, Cucubalus, Lychnis (ragged robin, catchfly), Melandrium, Viscaria. Heliospermum quadrifidum sensu Hegi => Silene pusilla.
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Sileme by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine entirely full depth (no fleck mine) => 2
1b mine at least partly upper- of lower-surface => 12
1c fleck mine => 19
1d galls, etc. => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine entirely full depth (no fleck mine) => 2
1b mine at least partly upper- of lower-surface => 12
1c fleck mine => 19
1d galls, etc. => Tables for all parasites per species
2a larva with chitinised head => 3
2b larva a maggot => 9
3a larva without thoracic feet => 4
3b thoracic feet present => 6
4a generally numerous tiny mines in a leaf; larvae slender: Phytosciara halterata
4b a single gallery; larva squat => 5
5a fairly broad, branched gallery: Orthochaetes insignis
5b narrow unbranched gallery along the leaf margin: Oreorrhynchaeus alpicola
5c broad, unbranched gallery: Aphytobius sphaerion
6a mines small, of indefinite shape => 7
6b mine not that small, a gallery followed by a blotch => 8
7a larva: pinacula colourless (but the bases of the setae themselves are black): Cnephasia incertana
7b pinacula black: Cnephasia stephensiana
8a the larva mines all its life: Chrysoesthia eppelsheimi
8b the older larva feeds from a silken tube, or between spun leaves: Caryocolum marmorea
9a blotch => 10
9b gallery: Delia brunnescens
10a frass in very fine grains: Hydrellia griseola but see also 16b, Scaptomyza graminum)
10b frass in coarse grains => 11
11a plant with its highest leaves wilting because the larva also bores in the stem): Delia echinata
11b no wilting of the top leaves (larva does not penetrte into the stem): Delia coronariae & Pegomya flavifrons
12a a short lower-surface gallery, ending upon a thick vein: Ophiomyia melandricaulis
12b the mine does not end upon a vein => 13
13a the mine starts from an egg, that is visible from the outside; much frass, in lumps or green patches => 14
13b no egg visible (it is deposited inside the leaf) => 15
14a most of the mine full-depth: Pegomya flavifrons
14b most of the mine upper- or lower-surface: Pegomya hyoscyami
15a mine strongly widened towards the end => 16
15b mine a gallery throughout => 17
16a frass as a few small black grains; larva with its rear end blunt: Amauromyza flavifrons
16b frass in very fine, green grains, as green clouds in corners of the mine (often only recognisable after the mine has been opened); larva slender, with its rear end acute: Scaptomyza graminum
17a gallery pinnately branched; its main and side branches on top of the midrib and lateral veins: Liriomyza strigata
17b gallery not pinnate, course independent of the venation of the leaf => 18
18a larva: rear spiraculum with 3 papillae: Liriomyza brassicae
18b rear spiraculum with 7-12 papillae: Liriomyza bryoniae
19a case with darker length lines, caused by adhering minute grains of detritus => 20
19b case smooth, no length lines => 22
20a case distinctly narrowed to the anal end, therefore spindle shaped: Coleophora meridionella
20b case not spindle shaped => 21
21a species af all Europe: Coleophora galbulipennella
21b species of southern and central Europe: Coleophora corsicella & C. nubivagella
22a case with a sharp, simple dorsal keel: Coleophora solitariella
22b about halfway down its length the dorsal keel is bifurcating: Coleophora lithargyrinella
Not included in the key: Caryocolum vicinella (descriptions incomplete and contradictory); Coleophora hackmani (case not known); Trachystyphlus alpinus.