Planetella fischeri (Frauenfeld, 1867)

on Carex

gall

Fusiform uniilocular pustules, 5-8 x 2-3 mm, with a thin, leathery wall of the base of the leaves, often several together, then seemingly multilocular. Larva solitary, white.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex hirta, nigra, pilosa, rostrata.

predators

Torymus fischeri, T. ventralis.

synonyms

Hormomyia hieronymi Kieffer, 1909.

references

Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1909a), Roskam (2009a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skuhravá (1989a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 66), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Vikberg (2011a).