Aphelenchoides blastophthorus Franklin, 1952

This species is commonly found on ornamental plants of the genera Anchusa L. ( Boraginaceae Juss.), Begonia L. ( Begoniaceae C. Agardh), Caltha L. and Trollius L. ( Ranunculaceae Juss.), Cephalaria Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult. ( Dipsacaceae Juss.), Convallaria L. ( Asparagaceae), Dipsacus L. ( Dipsacaceae), Geum L. ( Rosaceae), Narcissus L. ( Amaryllidaceae J.St. -Hil.) and Viola L. ( Violaceae Batsch) (Escuer & Bello 2000, Ortuño & Oros 2002), Anemone L. ( Ranunculaceae) (McCuiston et al. 2007), Iris L. ( Iridaceae Juss.) and Hepatica Mill. (Ranunculaceae) (UCDavis Nemabase 2010) but it is particularly important in Scabiosa caucasica M. Bieb. ( Caprifoliaceae Juss.) on which it destroys the inflorescence and causes laminae distortion (Singh et al. 2013). Haukeland & Brekke (2000) also showed the damaging potential of this species on strawberry ( Fragaria x anannasa Duchesne, Rosaceae) in Norway.