SCHEDONORUS. Fescues. [Poaceae]


Festuca arundinacea is treated as Schedonorus arundinacea (Tall Fescue) by Stace (2010).

Festuca gigantea is treated as Schedonorus gigantea (Giant Fescue) by Stace (2010).

Only one Diptera miner, Cerodontha denticornis, is recorded on this host plant in Britain.

Elsewhere six Diptera miners, Cerodontha denticornis, Cerodontha flavocingulata, Cerodontha incisa, Cerodontha muscina, Cerodontha pygmaea, Pseudonapomyza atra, are recorded on this host plant.

Three non-Diptera mines, Cosmopterix orichalcea, Elachista rufocinerea and Elachista stabilella, are recorded on this host plant in Britain.

Elsewhere four British non-Diptera mines, Elachista rufocinerea, Elachista stabilella, Elachista bisulcella and Elachista freyerella, are recorded on this host plant.

See FESTUCA



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