Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Tegonotus scoticus

Tegonotus scoticus Roivainen, 1950

Acari, Eriophyidae

on Ligusticum

Tegonotus scoticus: galling leaf of Ligusticum scothicum

Ligusticum scothicum: normal and galled leaflets; from Roivainen (1950a).

gall

the leaves are disfigured; also the inflorescence may be disfigured, and the leaves greened.

hostplants

Apiaceae, monophagous

Ligusticum mutellina, scothicum.

synonyms

Epitrimerus scoticus.

references

Buhr (1964b), Farkas (1965a), Roivaianen (1950a).

31/10/2014

Last modified 28.vi.2017