Mayetiola festucae Ertel, 1975
on Festuca
gall
the yellowish-white larva, about 3 mm long, lives within a leaf sheath, just above the ground. At the outsie a dense mass of white tangled accessory roots, comparable with the gall of M. radicifica. Pupation internal.
hostplants
Poaceae, monophagous
Festuca rubra.
notes
the larva is described by Ertel.
references
Ertel (1975a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Haarder, Bruun, Harris & Skuhravá (2016a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a).
17/10/2016