Cerodontha phragmitophila Hering, 1935

Phragmites australis; from Hering (1935a)
mine
Vertically oriented corridor in the leaf sheath (very rarely in the blade). Often several mines together, sometimes confluent. Frass in dispersed little granules. Pupation within the mine.
host plants
Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Arundo donax; Phragmites australis.
phenology
Larvae in June-Juny and September-October (Nowakowski, 1973a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1996a).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
From Belgium to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Poland to Serbia and Roumania (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
Mandible with two teeth (de Meijere, 1937a, Nowakowski, 1973a).
puparium
Relatively slender; front spiraculum weakly bifid with about 10 papillae; rear spiraculum fist-shaped with ca. 15, irregularly arranged large papillae (Venturi, 1946a).
synonyms
C. arundinis Nowakowski, 1973.
notes
Member of the subgenus Cerodontha (Nowakowski (1973a).
In old galleries lives the larva of the gall midge Lasioptera donacis
references
Buhr (1941b), Černý (2010a, 2011a), Černý, Andrade, Gonçalves & von Tschirnhaus (2018a), Černý & Merz (2006a), Černý & Vála (2006a), Dursun, Civelek, Barták ao (2015a), Gibbs (2006b), Guglya (2021a), Hering (1935a, 1957a), Maček (1999a), Nartshuk (2011a), Nowakowski (1973a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1996a), Spencer (1957f), Venturi (1946a), Warrington (2022c).