Cerodontha zoerneri Nowakowski, 1973

Diptera, Agromyzidae

mine

Large white mine, generally in the distal half of the leaf; puparium in the mine.

hostplants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, epigeios; Phalaroides arundinacea.

phenology

Larvae from June till October, in two generations.

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

Germany, Poland, Czechia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva and puparium

Undistinguishable from those of Cerodontha pygmaea.

synonyms

Possibly zoerneri is but a junior synonym of C. pygmaea (Meigen, 1830).

notes

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

references

Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Černý & Vála (1996a), Nowakowsi (1973a), Papp & Černý (2016a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).

22/01/2017