Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Coquillettomyia dentata

Coquillettomyia dentata Felt, 1908

on Carex

parasite

Larvae freely in the leaf sheaths. Pupation in a shallow cocoon in the soil.

host plants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

larva

Coquillettomyia dentata

spatula and anal segment, dorsal (from Möhn, 1955c)

synonyms

Coquillettomyia, Picrodiplosis, caricis Möhn, 1955.

references

Gagné & Jaschhof (2021a), Möhn (1955c), Przhiboro & Mamaev (2003a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 64), 322, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).

Last modified 18.i.2026