Planetella subterranea (Kieffer & Trotter, 1904)

on Carex

gall

rounded-oval, 3 x 2 mm large galls at the subterranean parts of the leaves.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex caryophyllea, divulsa, praecox.

larva

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Pseudhormomyia, Taphodiplosis, subterranea.

references

Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Möhn (1955a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a).