Mycodiplosis ceomatis (Winnertz, 1853)
on Rosa
gall
predator of the rust fungus Phragmidium mucronatum.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Rosa spec.
synonyms
Lestodiplosis ceomatis.
notes
The larvae are stated to live on the spores of Caeoma mucronatum (Persoon) Schlechtendal, 1824, i.e. the anamorphic stage of an unspecified rust. Ráthay has shown that, on rose, these are the aecia of Phragmidium mucronatum.
references
Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Kieffer (1901c), Ráthay (1881a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).