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), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).