Juncus articulatus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Wiesme, Bois du Roi, 10.ix.2009 © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Juncus bulbosus, Belgium, prov. Liège, Bernister, 9.vii.019 © Sébastien Carbonelle

5th instar larva (from Ossiannilsson, 1992a)

host plants

Juncaceae, monophagous

Juncus acutiflorus, alpinoarticulatus, anceps, articulatus, atratus, bufonius, bulbosus, capitatus, conglomeratus, effusus, gerardi, inflexus, jacquinii, subnodulosus.

Mainly on the smaller species.

phenology

Univoltine, bu further to the south perhaps more generations; hibernation as imago.

synonyms

Livia juncorum (Latreille, 1798).

inquilines

Within their gall the larvae are predated by the larvae of the cecidomyiid Lestodiplosis liviae.

references

Baugnée (2003c), Baugnée, Burckhardt & Fassotte (2002a), Baylac (1988a), Béguinot (2006a), Bellmann (2012a), den Bieman, Malenovský, Burckhardt & Heijerman (2019a), Buhr (1964b), Burckhardt (1983a, 2002a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Chinery (2011a), Conci, Rapisarda & Tamanini (1992a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hodkinson (2009a), Hodkinson & White (1979a), Houard (1908a), Jerinić-Prodanović (2010a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lauterer (1976a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Malenovský, Baňař & Kment (2011a), Malenkovský & Lauterer (2012a), O’Connor & Malumphy (2011a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Rapisarda, Weigand, Braun & Eickermann (2022a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Seljak (2006a, 2020a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Stănescu (2009a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), White & Hodkinson (1982a).