Planetella billoti (Kieffer, 1909)

on Carex

gall

Fusiform unilocular pustules, 5-8 x 2-3 mm, with a thin, leathery wall, of the base of the leaves, often several together. Larva solitary, white.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex davalliana.

larva

Planetella billoti: spatula

spatula (from Kieffer, 1901a)

synonyms

Hormomyia billoti.

references

Buhr (1964b), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1901a, 1909a), Ševčík, Hippa, Burdíková, ao (2023a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 65), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a).