Mayetiola moliniae (Rübsaamen, 1895)
on Molinia
Molinia caerulea, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Chimay, Virelles, Aulnaie © Sébastien Carbonnelle
gall, lightly opened
puparium in the gall
detail
several puparia together (the white one is teneral)
larva
puparium
gall
Just above the ground, within the leaf sheath, the culm has one or more oval shallow depressions. Each one has a low rim; they not covered by epidermis. In each depression a 3-4 mm long, white, larva, or its puparium.
The larva is described by Ertel (1975a).
spatula (from Kieffer, 1901a)
hostplants
Poaceae, monofaag
Molinia caerulea.
synonyms
Oligotrophus moliniae.
references
Buhr (1965a), Carbonnelle & Guiguet (2018a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ertel (1975a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rübsaamen (1895a,b), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).