Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Spiraea salicifolia

bridewort

synonym: Spiraea semperflorens

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf vagrant Tetranychidae Schizotetranychus spireafolia
unknown unknown Gelechiidae Athrips patockai
leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Ramularia spiraeae
leaf vagrant Sphingidae Sphinx ligustri
leaf vagrant Geometridae Hydria undulata
leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Neptis rivularis
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Tenthredo balteata
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Tenthredo olivacea
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Euura spiraeae
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Dinax ermak
leaf hidden Tortricidae Celypha siderana
leaf hidden Gelechiidae Athrips pruinosella
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Pristiphora bohemica
leaf hidden Tortricidae Archips podana
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Pristiphora angulata
leaf vagrant summer generation Aphididae Aphis fabae fabae
leaf down Erysiphales Podosphaera clandestina
leaf down Erysiphales Podosphaera spiraeae
leaf gall Aphididae Brachycaudus spiraeae
leaf miner Agromyzidae Agromyza spiraeoidearum
leaf miner Coleophoridae Coleophora spiraeella

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 7.vi.2023