Cerodontha calamagrostidis Nowakowski, 1967
mine
Lower-surface corridor; larva solitary. Pupation mostly outside the mine.
hostplants
Poaceae, narrowly oligphagous
Alopecurus pratensis; Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, epigeios, villosa.
Preference for damp situations.
phenology
Larvae in June-August, rarely September (Nowakowski, 1973a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to France, and from the UK to the Baltic States and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007); also Italy (Süss, 2003a).
larva
Described by Nowakowski (1973a); rear spiraculum shaped like a boathook.
puparium
Nowakowski (1973a).
synonyms
Cerodontha nowakowskii Zlobin, 1984; C. spenceri Nowakowski, 1967; C. tschirnhausi Nowakowski, 1972.
notes
Member of the subgenus Poemyza
(Nowakowski, 1973a).
synonyms
Cerodontha pappi Zlobin, 1980.
The form living on Calamagrostis epigejos was considered a separate species by Nowakowski (1967a, 1973a), viz. Cerodontha spenceri, but has been synomised by Zlobin (1984a) and von Tschirnhaus (1999a) with calamagrostidis.
references
Andersen (2012a), Bland (2001a), Černý (2001a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Martinez (1987a), Nowakowski (1973a), Pakalniškis (1990a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Spencer (1976a), Süss (2003a), von Tschirnhaus (1982a. 1999a), Zlobin (1984a, 1986b).