Cylindromorphus gallicus Mulsant & Rey, 1963

mine

Oviposition just above a node; oviposition site covered by a drop of dried secretion. Most of the mine is in the inside of the leaf sheath, but often the mine extends a few cm into the leaf blade. Pupation internal.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Bromopsis erecta; Festuca ovina; Lolium perenne.

In the older literature Hypericum perforatum, Helianthemum nummularium and Achillea are mentioned as host plant.
Schaefer (1946a) discovered the true one.

phenology

Larvae from May, June till April.

distribution within Europe

France, Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

Described by Schaefer (1946a).

references

Hering (1957a), Luna (2012a), Schaefer (1946a), Théry (1942a).