Microlasioptera flexuosa (Winnertz, 1853)
on Phragmites
Phragmites australis, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 2.iv.2019 © Hallvard Elven: female
Phragmites australis, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 2.iv.2019 © Hallvard Elven: female
Phragmites australis, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 2.iv.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Phragmites australis, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 2.iv.2019 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Phragmites australis, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 2.iv.2019 © Hallvard Elven: male
Phragmites australis, France, dép. Somme, Frise, 23.i.2023 © Sébastien Carbonelle
detail
larva (below), compared with a larva of Lasioptera arundinis.
Phragmites australis, Denmark © Simon Haarder: larvae
pupa
gall
Feeble swelling of the upper part of a sterile stem. The pith here is turned blackish by a symbiotic fungus; it harbours a number of reddish-orange larvae, that hibernate and pupate in the gall. Univoltine.
host plants
Poaceae, monophagous
Phragmites australis.
synonyms
Lasioptera, Thomasiella, flexuosa.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1908a), Nartshuk (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Schwarzländer & Häfliger (2000a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1992a, 1997a, 1999a, 2021a: 180), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý &aJørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Spungis (2003a), Waitzbauer (1969a), Waitzbauer, Pruscha & Picher (1972a).