Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Lasioptera donacis

Lasioptera donacis Coutin & Faivre-Amiot, 1981

on Arundo

Lasioptera donacis on Arundo donax

Arundo donax, France, Camargue, ii.2021 © Sébastien Carbonnelle

Lasioptera donacis on Arundo donax

detail

Lasioptera donacis on Arundo donax

larva with spatula

Lasioptera donacis on Arundo donax

the tiny emergence openings

gall

orange-brown larvae live communally in galleries filled with a brown mycelium in the leaf sheaths. Pupation in the gall, in a silken cocoon. After emergence of the adult midges, the exuvia remain protruding from the exit openings.

hostplants

Poaceae, monophagous

Arundo donax.

synonyms

according to Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004b) the name by Coutin & Faivre-Amiot, 1981 is a nomen nudum, and the correct species name is Lasioptera donacis Coutin, 2001. However, here the Fauna Europaea (2016) is followed.

notes

Thomas & Goolsby present a very detailed description of the larvae. The observation by Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004b) that the larvae would live in old galleries of Cerodontha phragmitophila is not confirmed by them. However, they write that groups of eggs are deposited in “preexisting holes”.

references

Gagné (2010a), Goolsby, Vacek, Salinas, ao (2017a), Sánchez (2016a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997b, 2004b, 2009b, 2021a: 41), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Ebejer (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Elsayed (2014a), Thomas & Goolsby (2015a).

Last modified 23.v.2023