Planetella arenariae (Rübsaamen, 1899)
on Carex

Carex arenaria, France, dép. Nord, Zuydcoote © Sébastien Carbonnelle

a single gall
gall
Cluster of small egg-shaped galls at the base of the stem, mostly hidden in the ground; the stem above mostly stunted. Larva solitary. Usually bivoltine, hibernation and pupation within the gall.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, monophagous
Carex acuta, acutiformis, arenaria, caryophyllea, davalliana, hirta, murricata, nigra, praecox.
mainly on C. arenaria.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Dyodiplosis, Hormomyia, arenariae.
references
Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901c), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1912a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2021a: 65), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Vikberg (2011a).