Wachtliella riparia (Winnertz, 1853)

on Carex

parasite

The orange larvae live freely among the filaments of the anthers of the male inflorescence. There also the pupation in a silken cocoon.

host plants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex riparia.

distribution within Europe

Germany.

synonyms

Cecidomyia riparia.

notes

This species is synonymized by Gagné & Jaschof with W. caricis, but the difference in larval biology makes a synonymy unprobable.

references

Gagné & Jaschof (2021a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Stelter (1986a), Winnertz (1853a).