Levisticum lovage
Dichotomous table for leafminers
1amine < 1 cm, full depth, often in large numbers together in a leaf axil; larvae, with distinct feet and chitinised head, later live free and cause extensive window feeding: Epermenia chaerophyllella
1bmine > 1 cm, not full depth; larva a maggot => 2
1c gallen etc => Tabellen voor alle parasieten per soort
2aprimary blotch, primary and secondary feeding lines conspicuous: Euleia heraclei
2bcorridor or secondary blotch; no secondary feedings lines => 3
3asecondary blotch, often between two veins; mine with full depth patches; larva: rear spiraculum with 3 papillae: Liriomyza xanthocera
3bcorridor; no full depth patches; rear spiracula with > 3 papillae => 4
4apuparium formed in the mine: Chromatomyia horticola
4bpuparium formed after the mine has been vacated => 5
5afrass in strings: Liriomyza bryoniae
5bfrass in discretre grains: Phytomyza spondylii *
* It cannot be excluded that also Phytomyza sitchensis will be found on this plant.