Agrostis capillaris, Belgium, prov. Liège, Angleur; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

same gall, upperside

Agrostis stolonifera, Zutphen, Bronsbergen © Benno te Linde

detail

gall

Galls usually near the base of the leaf blade.

hostplants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Agrostis capillaris; Bromus; Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, villosa.

Agrostis is the main hostplant, also the only one mentioned by Bongers.

synonyms

Ditylenchus graminophilus.

notes

often found associated with the fungus Dilophospora alopecuri.

references

Bongers (1988a), Buhr (1964a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a).