Dasiops latifrons (Meigen, 1826)
on Cynodon, Cyperus, Elyrtigia
Cynodon dactylon (from Houard, 1908a)
gall
The internodes of the tips of runners or young shoots are strongly shortened. The leaf sheaths are short and strongly broadened, imbricatedly overlapping; the leaf blades are missing. The result is a braid-like gall of about one decimeter. A single larva, that pupates in the ground.
host plants
Cyperaceae, narrowly polyphagous
Cynodon dactylon; Cyperus longus; Elytrigia repens.
synonyms
Lonchaea lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1835), L. parvicornis Meigen, 1826.
references
Buhr (1964b), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1908a), Morge (1959a), Roskam (2019a), Spooner & Bowdrey (2012a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).