Anthyllis kidney-vetch
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Anthyllis by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine: mine without frass, with an opening that has given access to the larva => 2
1b corridor or blotch => 5
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine: mine without frass, with an opening that has given access to the larva => 2
1b corridor or blotch => 5
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a the larva mines from a silken tube that is attached to the leaf: Scythris siccella
2b the larva mines from a case => 4
4a case composed out of a number of leaf fragments that untidily stick out of the outline: Coleophora colutella
4b case composed of only two leaf fragments that fit well together, giving the case a closed outline: Coleophora vestalella
5a larva with chitinised head => 6
5b larva a maggot => 10
6a larva mines till just before pupation; blotch mine, preceded by a narrow corridor => 7
6b older larve live free on the plant => 8
7a frass in the blotch as one or a few black lumps; on Anthylis cytisoides: Trifurcula anthyllidella
7b frass in the blotch as many, loose, grains; on Anthyllis montana: Trifurcula cryptella
7c frass in the blotch as many, loose, grains; on Anthyllis hermanniae: Trifurcula peloponnesica
8a free living larva among leaves that are sandwiched by spinning: Aproaerema anthyllidella
8b free living larva among loosely spun leaves => 9
9a pinacula colourless (but the base of the setae black): Cnephasia incertana
9b pinacula black: Cnephasia asseclana
10a corridor, may end in a secondary blotch => 11
10b primary blotch, preceded by a not always easily recognisable corridor => 14
11a puparium in the mine, in a, generally lower-surface, pupal chamber: Chromatomyia horticola
11b larva leaves the mine prior to pupation through an exit slit in the epidermis => 12
12a corridor pinnately branched, main axis overlying the midrib: Liriomyza strigata
12b corridor little branched, not associated with the midrib => 13
13a frass in two rows of granules; most of the corridor lower-surface: Phytomyza brischkei
13b frass in pearl chains: Liriomyza bryoniae
13c frass in a green central band; corridor upper-surface: Liriomyza congesta
14a initial corridor partly following the leaf margin => 15
14b initial corridor free from the margin => 16
15a initial corridor long and narrow, abruptly widened into a large blotch that has no association wth the midrib: Phytoliriomyza variegata
15b initial corridor gradually widened into a narrow blotch overlying the midrib: Agromyza nana
16a larva: apex of rear spiraculum dark, globular: Scaptomyza graminum
16b apex of rear spiraculum light coloured, inverse bottle-shaped: Scaptomyza flava
Not included in the key: Apterona helicoidella; Coleophora nubivagella, rectilineella, rudella; Cupido minimus; Nothris lemniscellus.