Cerodontha unisetiorbita Zlobin, 1992

on Fargesia, Phyllostachys

? Phyllostachys, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Geel-Wilders, 29.xii.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: mine

larvaL cephalic skeleton

mandibles

detal of the frontal “rasp”

anterior spiracula

posterior spiracula

puparium, ventral

Fargesia spec., Germany, Niedersachsen, Bad Zwischenahn, 9.xi.2020 © Thomas Brand

larva

mine

Broad, upper surface blotch.

host plants

Poaceae, monophagous

Fargesia; Phyllostachys atrovaginata, aureosulcata, “mitis”, nuda, parvifolia.

distribution within Europe

The species has been described in Japan. After the first records from Italy the species is known now also from Switzerland, Czechia, Germany and the UK.

puparium

pictures given by Černý & Roháček (2015a).

notes

member of the subgenus Poemyza.

references

Černý & Roháček (2015a), Heckford (2017a), Papp & Černý (2016a), Süss (2001a).