{"id":1271247,"date":"2011-04-02T07:47:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:18:26","slug":"thunbergia-species","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/thunbergia-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunbergia species"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thunbergia battiscombei<\/em> or a Thunbergia erecta<\/em>; Edakkal caves, Kerala, Hill region,<\/font> Aug 2008;\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nID request – wild climber from Uttarakhand (220609SS1) – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/font><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nPurple flower for ID – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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design on leaves:<\/a> This RaanJaai creeper in my garden. I have noted that there appears some design on the leaves and was wondering what is it due to ? I have also posted the picture of its flower. It has no fragrance. The creeper grows very rapidly.<\/p>\n
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Looks like damage by leaf mining insects. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta) and flies (Diptera), though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.<\/p>\n
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Yes, some insects cause such markings on leaves of plants. Though I have no idea which insect causes it. <\/p>\n

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There is a larva inside below the epidermal layer eating while moving and making tunnels :).
Never saw it coming out.<\/p>\n

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There is an insect larvae living below epidermis and it travels inside eating and making tunnels :P… Those lines are actually its path.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Flowers look like Thunbergia<\/font> fragrans<\/font><\/em> <\/font> and as it is scentless, <\/b>so it matches with sweet clock vine<\/span> <\/font><\/font><\/font>but leaves look different. So m nt so sure.<\/p>\n

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the Larvae of Agromyzidae<\/em>, also known as leaf-miner flies<\/strong> (minierfliege<\/strong> in german) is responsible for making these “designs”. <\/font><\/font>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agromyzidae<\/font><\/a>
I have a few fotos of some beautiful designs, will upload, when i have more time. I normally pluck the leaves and burn them or throw them away, not on kompost.
Till then watch some here:
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After going through the links I understood that these larvae live a protected life within the tissues of the leaf and also at the following <\/font>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaf_miner<\/font><\/a>\u00a0that <\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The precise pattern formed by the feeding tunnel is very often diagnostic for which kind of insect is responsible, sometimes even to <\/font><\/span>genus<\/font><\/a> level. Interesting how Nature is!!<\/font><\/p>\n
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Fwd: Plant to identify<\/a><\/span> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments<\/span> (1<\/font>)- 4 mb.<\/font><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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I saw your email as a help to identify plant by photo.\u00a0<\/span>
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Please see the attached photos and let me know the names of these plants.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thunbergia<\/em> sp.<\/p>\n
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No doubt it’s Thunbergia<\/em> sapling. Mostly T.grandiflora<\/em><\/p>\n
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