Lasioptera hungarica Möhn, 1968

Diptera, Cecidomyiidae

on Phragmites

gall

Larvae in a black mass of mycelium (of a symbiotic fungux) in a hollow stem; no trace of galling. Larvae gregarious, orange. Univoltine; hibernation and pupation within the stem.

hostplants

Poaceae, monophagous

Phragmites australis.

synonyms

Thomasiella massa Erdős, 1957.

references

Baetens & De Bruyn (1999a), Gagné (2010a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Nartshuk (2011a), Schwarzländer & Häfliger (2000a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1992a, 1997b, 1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Sylvén (1983a), Waitzbauer, Pruscha & Picher (1972a).

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