As far as known, the species form galls on grasses. The type-series of [Homaluroides] distichliae was reared from bract-covered galls on salt-marsh grass, Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene.
β- Sabrosky, Curtis W.: (1980) New genera and new combinations in nearctic Chloropidae (Diptera)Β©
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