Cerodontha eucaricis Nowakowski, 1967

Carex hirta, Nieuwendam

same mine, lighted from behind; the dark spot is the entirely frass-filled intestine of the larva
mine
Mine upper-surface, in the central part of the blade. Frass in a few large lumps; often (as in the picture above) all frass still is contained in the larva’s intestine. Larva solitary. Puparium in the mine, fixed ventrally with dried frass.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, monophagous
Carex acuta, acutiformis, flacca, hirta, nigra, paniculata, riparia, pseudocyperus, vesicaria.
C. hirta is the main hostplant.
phenology
Larvae from June to September (Nowakowski, 1973a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a).
NE recorded (Ellis, several localities).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden to France, and from the UK to the Baltic States, Poland and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
Described by Nowakowski (1973a). Rear spiracula at their base each with a large black wart with a deep “root”; the warts are clearly separated from each other. The surface of the wart of covered by an extremely fine spinulation. Rear spiracula with three claw-like papillae. Full grown larva large (about 1 cm), in life very transparant with a fat the shines through bright yellow at the rear end.
puparium
notes
A member of the subgenus Butomomyza (Nowakowski, 1973a).
references
Beiger (1970a), Černý (2001a, 2011a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Černý & Vála (1996a, 1999a), Černý, Vála & Barták (2001a), Martinez (1984a), Michalska (1976a), Nowakowski (1973a), Pakalniškis (1998a) Papp & Černý (2016a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Spencer (1971a, 1972a, 1976a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Zlobin (1986a).
27/03/2017