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)
host plants
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 (2021a: 168), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).