Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Thecaphora oxytropis

Thecaphora oxytropis Wang, 2006

on Oxytropis

gall

one or more seeds in a disfigured pod are transformed into a dark reddish-brown granular-powdery mass of spore balls, each consisting of 6-23 spores.

hostplants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Oxytropis pilosa.

references

Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a).

Last modified 26.vii.2018