Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Macrosiphum lisae

Macrosiphum lisae Heie, 1965

on Chamerion

parasite

Apterae 3-4 mm, whitish or yellowish white, with antennae pale except for dark segmental apices, and legs pale. Colonising undersides of middle and lower leaves of the smaller plants that grow in shady places and rarely flower, reproducing vegetatively. The leave may turn yellow.

hostplants

Onagracee, monophagous

Chamerion angustifolium.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2017), Heie (1994a).

Last modified 29.xii.2017