Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Hippocrepis emerus

scorpion senna

synonym: Coronilla emerus

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf vagrant Zygaenidae Zygaena angelicae
leaf vagrant Zygaenidae Zygaena filipendulae
leaf vagrant Erebidae Lygephila craccae
leaf vagrant Erebidae Euproctis chrysorrhoea
leaf hidden Hesperiidae Erynnis tages
leaf vagrant Pieridae Colias alfacariensis
leaf vagrant rarely Zygaenidae Zygaena ephialtes
fruit borer Chrysomelidae Bruchidius pusillus
leaf hidden Gelechiidae Mirificarma maculatella
flower hidden Thripidae Odontothrips loti
flower borer larva doubtful Apionidae Hemitrichapion pavidum
root borer Sesiidae Bembecia uroceriformis
root borer Sesiidae Bembecia pavicevici
stem gall Asterolecaniidae Planchonia fimbriata
stem miner doubtful Nepticulidae Trifurcula luteola
fruit gall summer generation Cecidomyiidae Asphondylia coronillae
flower gall Cecidomyiidae Contarinia istriana
leaf down Erysiphales Erysiphe trifoliorum
leaf gall Cecidomyiidae Contarinia coronillae
leaf gall spring generation Cecidomyiidae Asphondylia coronillae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Liriomyza bryoniae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Liriomyza congesta
leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora colutella
leaf miner Nepticulidae Trifurcula cryptella
leaf vagrant Aphididae Acyrthosiphon caraganae
leaf miner rarely Nepticulidae Trifurcula ortneri
leaf pustule telia Pucciniales Uromyces coronillae

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

all buds: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
fruit: also seed
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant.

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tussue
gall: swelling and/or malformation
grazer: feeding at the outside of the plant
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner-borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf
vagrant: (aphids, mites) living freely on the plant, at higher densitiy causing malformations.

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 16.vii.2021