Anthoxanthum vernal-grass, hornwort
(For a dichotomous table for galls on Anthoxanthum by Hans Roskam click here)
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine, larva mines from a case: Coleophora lixella
1b corridor or blotch, larva within the mine => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1a fleck mine, larva mines from a case: Coleophora lixella
1b corridor or blotch, larva within the mine => 2
1c galls, etc => Tables for all parasites per species
2a larva with chitinised head => 3
2b larva a maggot => 5
3a larva widest in the thorax; prosternum with a sclerotised plate => 4
3b larve widest in the abdomen; no prosternal plate present: Cosmopterix orichalcea
4a larva : head almost colourless; mountain species: Elachista dimicatella
4b head pale brown; lowland species: Elachista humilis
5a puparium in the mine => 6
5b pupation outside the mine: Liriomyza flaveola
6a frass in rather widely spaced grains; puparium orange-brown, front spiracula penetrating the epidermis: Chromatomyia nigra
6b frass in greenish swaths; puparium metallic black, front spiracula not penetrating: Cerodontha incisa
Not included in the key: Coleophora ornatipennella.