Planetella cornifex (Kieffer, 1898)
on Carex
Carex pallescens (from Houard, 1908a).
gall
basal, often subterraneous buds are changed into a horn-shaped gall. Also a bud that has resulted in a shoot may be galled into an onion-shaped structure, in which the shoot is included. Larva solitary.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, monophagous
Carex bigelowii subsp. dacica, elata, flacca, montana, pallescens, praecox, sylvatica.
larva
spatula (from Kieffer, 1901a)
synonyms
Dishormomya, Dishormomyia, Hormomyia, cornifex.
references
Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901a), Möhn (1955a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2021a: 66), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).