Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Cerodontha scutellaris

Cerodontha scutellaris (von Roser, 1840)

hostplants

Cyperaceae?

Probably living on Carex.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1999a)

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010)

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010)

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

From Lithuania to France, and from Ireland to Slovakia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

synonyms

Citations in the literature, relating this species to Scirpus, in fact refer to C. scirpi.

notes

Only adults are known of this species; no information about the biology is available.

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

references

Andersen (2012a), Černý & Vála (1999a), Ci̇velek, Çikman & Dursun (2008a), Cole (1998a), Nowakowsi (1973a), Pakalniškis (1993a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Scheirs, De Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Spencer (1976a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

Last modified 9.iii.2018