Cerodontha beigerae Nowakowski, 1972

mine

Puparium usually in the mine.

host plants

Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Agrostis canina; Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, villosa.

Preference for humid situations.

phenology

Larvae in July-September (Nowakowski, 1973a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Scheirs a.o., 1994a).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

Germany; Poland, Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Belgium.

larva

Larva and puparium are described by Nowakowski (1973a). Rear spiracula bifid; their papillae are fused and elongated, and the respiratory openings in the tip of each papilla are strongly elongated into some contorted slits. Body segments laterally spinulose over their entire width.

notes

Member of the subgenus Poemyza (Nowakowski, 1973a).

references

Černý & Merz (2007a), Nowakowsi (1972a, 1973a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Scheirs ao (1994a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zlobin (1986a).