Planetella granifex (Kieffer, 1898)
on Carex
Carex echinata (from Houard, 1908a).
gall
hard, brown, unilocular swellings of the base of the stem, often just below ground level, 4 x 1.5 mm large. Larva solitary.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, monophagous
Carex acuta, x auroniensis, divulsa, echinata, elata, filiformis, nigra, pallescens, praecox.
Seemingly most on C. pallescens.
synonyms
Pseudhormomyia granifex.
references
Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rübsaamen (1911h), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2021a: 67), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).