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Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Dizygomyza caricicola Hering, 1926c. Z. Morph. ökol. Tiere 5(3): 483. Dizygomyza Hering, 1937c. Blattminen Mittel- und Nordeuropas Lief 5, 6: 570, as sönderupi. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Griffiths, 1964. Ent. Meddr. 32: 399. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Nowakowski, 1967.Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 643. Dizygomyza soenderupi Hering, 1937c; Nowakowski, 1967. Polskie Pismo ent. 37: 643. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Nowakowski, 1972. Polskie Pismo ent. 42(4): 760. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 101. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926)c; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 220, figs 379-80. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) caricicola (Hering, 1926c); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 349, 350 (fig. 1327), 351, 371.

Leaf-mine: A long narrow greenish/yellowish mine. Pupation in leaf at end of mine (Spencer, 1976: 220). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Cerodontha caricicola on Carex sylvatica. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1938, as sönderupi), Beri (1971a) and Nowakowski (1973). Puparium: Can be yellowish but is more normally dark brown; posterior spiracles are on a low projection directed dorsally above the anus each with one long curving bulb and two smaller ones folded around its base (Spencer, 1976: 220-1, fig. 380). Hosts in Britain: Cyperaceae       Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122 Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge British leafminers Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Mines in BMNH Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge British leafminers Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Robbins, 1991: 133 Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122 Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge British leafminers Carex pseudocyperus Cyperus Sedge Spencer, 1972b: 122 Hosts elsewhere: Cyperaceae       Carex     Spencer, 1990: 351 Carex     Spencer, 1990: 351 Carex arenaria Sand Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex digitata Fingered Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex hirta Hairy Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex ovalis Oval Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex muricata Large-fruited Prickly-sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex pilosa   Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex pilulifera Pill Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex remota Remote Sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Carex sylvatica Wood-sedge Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: February. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread in southern England including London (Hampstead), Sussex (Rusper), Middlesex (Scratch Wood), Oxford (Bagley Wood) (Spencer, 1972b: 101), Surrey (Ash Vale) (British leafminers) and Warwick (Little Packington) (Robbins, 1991: 133). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Germany, Poland, Estonia, Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 220), The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 554), Czech Republic, ? Finland, French mainland, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and ? Sweden (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis polyzo (Walker, 1839) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis pubens Delucchi, 1954 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, 1833 Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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