Malva mallow
Incl. Lavatera, tree mallow
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Malva by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck minel arva in a helicoidal case: Apterona helicoidella
1b corridor or blotch => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck minel arva in a helicoidal case: Apterona helicoidella
1b corridor or blotch => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a mine small, irregular => 3
2b mine > 1 cm, a definite corridor or blotch => 4
3a last abdominal segment with a black anal comb: Cnephasia asseclana
3b no anal comb present: Cnephasia stephensiana
4a Oviposition site covered by a shining black drop of dried secretion: Trachys troglodytiformis
4b no such drop => 2
5a corridor, sometimes quite broad, overlying midrib and side veins => 6
5b long, narrow corridor, closely following midrib and/or side veins: Bucculatrix lavaterella
5c mine not associated with leaf venation => 7
6a corridor rather narrow, not varying in depth and width: Liriomyza strigata
6b corridor strongly varying in width and depth; especially on top of the midrib sometimes almost blotch: Liriomyza xanthocera
7a gallery from start to end (perhaps a secondary blotch) => 8
7b blotch, possibly preceded by a gallery part => 9
8a frass in isolated grains; pupation within the mine, in a, generally lower-surface, pupal chamber: Chromatomyia horticola
8b frass in short strings; pupation external: Lyriomyza bryoniae
9a blotch preceded by an intestine-like zigzagging gallery: Agromyza brunnicosa
9b blotch preceded by a short simple gallery, the usually is overrun by the later blotch: Dialectica hedemanni