Asphondylia sarothamni (Loew, 1850)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 31

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449

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scientific name

Asphondylia sarothamni (Loew, 1850)
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* Asphondylia sarothamni (Loew, 1850) View in CoL

Material: TEY, Porsgrunn: Eidanger, 59.117762°N 9.717960°E ± 50m, 16 June 2019, bud galls on Cytisus scoparius, LPF , leg GoogleMaps . SH & HE, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548100, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The orange larvae develop on Cytisus spp. ( Fabaceae ) in two generations per year. The spring generation develops in a pear-shaped bud gall on the stem; the summer generation develops in the swollen base of a pod. Each gall contains a single larva. The galls are lined with mycelium on the inside. Pupation and hibernation in the gall.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Algeria.

SH

Academia Sinica

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Asphondylia

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