Cerodontha spinata (Groschke, 1954)
mine
Upper-surface corridor that ends in the leaf sheath. At least twice the corridors reverses its direction. Frass in one big lump. Puparium inside the mine, generally in the leaf sheath, close to the frass mass.
host plants
Cyperaceae, monophagous
Carex pilosa, sylvatica
C. sylvatica is the main host plant.
phenology
Larvae from March-June (Nowakowski, 1973a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
UK, Germany, Poland, Czechia, Austria (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
puparium
Like is a common rule in the genus Cerodontha, the larval thorax has both ventrally and dorsally, sometimes paired, protuberances. In this species the paired projections of the pronotum in the pupal stage penetrate the wall of the puparium as two conspicuous spines.
notes
Member of the subgenus Dizygomyza (Nowakowski, 1973a).
references
Beiger (1970a), Černý (2013a), Černý & Merz (2007a), Gibbs (2002a, 2004a), Groschke (1954a), Hering (1955a, 1957a), Nowakowski (1973a), Papp & Černý (2016a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a), Winqvist, Černý & Andersen (2020a).