Lunaria honesty
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Lunaria by Hans Roskam click here)Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine upper- and/or lower-surface; larva a maggot: Scaptomyza flava
1b mine full depth; larva with chitinised head => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a mine upper- and/or lower-surface; larva a maggot: Scaptomyza flava
1b mine full depth; larva with chitinised head => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a more or less a corridor, starting at the midrib, withour frass: Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
2b the mine does not start at the midrib => 3
3a mine small, with little or no frass; older larvae live free => 4
3b mine > 1 cm, containing clear amouns of frass; larvae mine life long => 6
4a larvae light in colour: Plutella xylostella
4b larvae dark grey or dark green => 5
5a larva: pinacula colourless (the bases of the setae themselves are black) : Cnephasia incertana
5b pinacula black: Cnephasia asseclana
6a frass in thread fragments; mine an untidy corridor; larva without thoracic feet: Ceutorhynchus minutus
6b frass in lumps; mine an irregular blotch; larva with thoracic feet: Phyllotreta nemorum
Not included in the key: Xenostrongylus lateralis.