Planetella caricis (Rübsaamen, 1911)

on Carex

gall

acuminate-oval galls, c. 3 mm long, with a point erect-attached tot the stem base; larva solitary.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex acuta, echinata, flacca.

larva

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Colomyia, Pseudhormomyia,caricis.

references

Buhr (1964b), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1901c), Möhn (1955a), Roskam (2009a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).