Oxytropis locoweed
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Oxytropis by Hans Roskam click here)Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine; larva mines from a case => 2
1b corrdor or blotch, containing frass; larva not in a case =>3
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine; larva mines from a case => 2
1b corrdor or blotch, containing frass; larva not in a case =>3
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a hole in the mine not neatly round, margin simple; larva in a helicoidal case, covered with grains of sand: Apterona helicoidella
2b hole exactly round, margin with a fine fringe of stubbles of bitten silk; case not helicoidal, covered with leaf fragments: Coleophora colutella
3a larva with sclerotised head; older larva lives free among spun leaves: Aproaema anthyllidella
3b larva, a maggot, spends its entire life in the mine => 4
4a pupation within the mine, in a, generally lowe-surface, pupal chamber; frass in isolated grains: Chromatomyia horticola
4b pupation outside the mine; frass in strings or pearl chains, or in a broad green band => 5
5a a corridor, its largest part following the leaf margin, followed by a large primary blotch: Phytoliriomyza variegata
5b a corridor till the end, not associated with the leaf margin, may terminate in an indistinct secondary blotch => 6
6a frass in strings: Liriomyza bryoniae
6b frass in a broad green band: Liriomyza congesta
Not included in the key: Coleophora discordella, svenssoni.