Planetella granifex (Kieffer, 1898)

on Carex

Carex echinata (from Houard, 1908a).

imago (from Kieffer, 1913a

gall

hard, brown, unilocular swellings of the base of the stem, often just below ground level, 4 x 1.5 mm large. Larva solitary.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex acuta, acutiformis, x auroniensis, buekii, divulsa, echinata, elata, filiformis, nigra, pallescens, praecox, rostrata.

synonyms

Pseudhormomyia granifex.

references

Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rübsaamen (1911h), Ševčík, Hippa, Burdíková, ao (2023a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2021a: 67), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).