Platycephala planifrons (Fabricius, 1798)

Nartshuk, Emilia P., Polevoi, Alexei V. & Przhiboro, Andrey A., 2020, A review of grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) of Karelia and Murmansk Province of Russia, Fauna norvegica 40, pp. 47-92 : 62-63

Platycephala planifrons (Fabricius, 1798)

Material examined: Karelia. Kl : 3 females, Salmi, Tuomikoski ( NHMH) , 29.VII.1994, Humala ( FRIP) ; 1 female, Jakkima , Sahlberg ( NHMH) ; 1 female, Ladoga Lake , Nordqvist ( NHMH) . Kpor: 2 females, Island Myagostrov , 14.VIII.2002, Humala ( FRIP) .

Published records: Karelia. Surroundings of Ladoga Lake ( Chydenius & Furuhjelm 1859); Kon : Shueretskoe ( Nartshuk 1999a).

Distribution: Euroasian species, distributed from the British Isles to Mongolia.

Biological notes: Common reed ( Phragmites australis ) beds. Larvae phytophagous, live in stems of common reed, destroying the vegetation point with the result that the upper leaves wilt.

Nartshuk, Polevoi and Przhiboro: A review of grassfiles of Karelia and Murmansk, Russia Fauna norvegica 40: 47–92. 2020