Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Agrostis stolonifera

creeping bent

synonym: Agrostis alba, palustris, stolonizans

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf leaf spot Xylariales incertae sedis Hadrotrichum virescens
leaf leaf spot Phaeosphaeriaceae Phaeosphaeria eustoma
leaf leaf spot Mycosphaerellaceae Graminopassalora graminis
leaf vagrant Miridae Trigonotylus ruficornis
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Mythimna favicolor
root collar vagrant Noctuidae Cerapteryx graminis
leaf vagrant Noctuidae Xylena vetusta
stem gall Chloropidae Oscinella nitidissima
stem borer Chloropidae Cetema cereris
stem borer Chloropidae Cetema elongatum
leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Coenonympha dorus
leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Coenonympha glycerion
leaf vagrant Nymphalidae Pseudochazara orestes
leaf hidden Hesperiidae Thymelicus lineola
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Doliotettix lunulatus
leaf vagrant Delphacidae Streptanus sordidus
leaf vagrant Cicadellidae Zyginidia scutellaris
leaf vagrant Delphacidae Javesella dubia
leaf vagrant Delphacidae Xanthodelphax stramineus
flower hidden Thripidae Chirothrips manicatus
root borer Chrysomelidae Chaetocnema chlorophana
root borer Chrysomelidae Chaetocnema conducta
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Tenthredopsis tischbeinii
leaf vagrant Tenthredinidae Dolerus gonager
stem gall Chloropidae Oscinella frit
stem vagrant Tenthredinidae Euura clitellata
stem scale Pseudococcidae Heterococcus nudus
stem scale Eriococcidae Greenisca glyceriae
leaf gall Eriophyidae Abacarus hystrix
leaf vagrant Eriophyidae Aculodes mckenziei
leaf stripe Ustilaginales Ustilago jagei
leaf leaf spot incertae sedis Mastigosporium rubricosum
leaf vagrant Eriophyidae Aceria tosichella
systemic borer Anguinidae Ditylenchus dipsaci
flower gall main Anguinidae Anguina agrostis
flower gall Eriophyidae Aceria cornuta
flower gall Tilletiales Tilletia sphaerococca
leaf down Erysiphales Erysiphaceae Blumeria graminis
leaf down Peronosporales Sclerospora graminicola
leaf leaf spot Georgefischeriales Jamesdicksonia dactylidis
leaf gall Anguinidae Anguina graminis
leaf gall Eriophyidae Aceria tenuis
leaf gall Peronosporales Sclerophthora macrospora
leaf miner Agromyzidae Agromyza albipennis
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha atra
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha flavocingulata
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha incisa
leaf miner Agromyzidae Cerodontha pygmaea
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista canapennella
leaf miner Elachistidae Elachista nobilella
leaf pustule Cantharellales Ceratorhiza rhizodes
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia agrostidis
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia coronata
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia graminis
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Puccinia kummeri
leaf pustule uredinia telia Pucciniales Uromyces agrostidis
leaf pustule Urocystidales Urocystis agrostidis
leaf stripe Urocystidales Urocystis tessellata
stem down Hypocreales Epichloe baconii
stem gall Cecidomyiidae Mayetiola agrostivora
stem vagrant Aphididae Laingia psammae
root collar gall Cecidomyiidae Mayetiola agrostidis
leaf vagrant Aphididae Atheroides serrulatus
leaf vagrant Aphididae Sipha glyceriae
leaf vagrant Aphididae Sipha elegans
leaf vagrant Aphididae Sipha maydis
leaf vagrant Aphididae Sitobion avenae
leaf vagrant Aphididae Schizaphis agrostis
leaf vagrant Aphididae Schizaphis dubia
leaf vagrant Aphididae Diuraphis agrostidis

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.i.2023