Livia crefeldensis Mink, 1855

on Carex

Carex cf disticha, Belgium, prov. Namur, Gembloux, 5.ix.2018 © Jean-Yves Baugnée

female, lateral

female, dorsal

gall

the stem bears laterally a short side branch with shortened internodes, bearing a bunch of short, broad, imbricate, often yellowed leaves. Cause by flattened, oval, orange brown larvae.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, oligophagous

Carex disticha, spicata ….

synonyms

Diraphia crefeldensis.

references

Buhr (1964b), Burckhardt (2002a), Hodkinson (2009a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), White & Hodkinson (1982a).