Stenodiplosis calamagrostidis Fedotova, 2022

on Calamagrostis

Calamagrostis epigeios, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Aublain, 15.viii.2023 © Sébastien Carbonnelle (identification still somewhat provisional)

detail

larva

wing (from Fedotova 2022a)

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parasite

THe larva develops wthin a single grass floret.

host plants

Poaceae, monophagous

Calamagrostis arundinacea, ? epigeios.

distribution within Europe

northern Caucasus.

larva

variation of the spatula (from Fedotova 2022a)

references

Fedotova (2022a).