Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Phyllocoptes epilobiorum

Phyllocoptes epilobiorum Liro, 1940

on Chamerion, Epilobium

gall

narrow rolling of the leaf margin; the epidermis forms blisters.

host plants

Onagraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium alsinifolium, collinum, hirsutum, hornemannii, palustre, parviflorum.

synonyms

Aculus epilobiorum.

references

Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Farkas (1965a), Hellrigl (2003a), Lambinon Schneider & Feitz (2012a), Tomasi (2014a).

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