Humulus (hops)

Swollen stem...Lasioptera humulicaulis Felt

Larvae are orange and overwinter in the stems. Adults emerge in spring. Host: H. lupulus. Distr.: New York.

[Unclear whether the host record refers to Humulus lupulus in the strict sense, one of the native American species often subsumed in a wide-sense H. lupulus, a hybrid, and/or a cultivar.]

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America^©