Contarinia gei Kieffer, 1909

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 37

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

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scientific name

Contarinia gei Kieffer, 1909
status

 

* Contarinia gei Kieffer, 1909 View in CoL

Material: AK, Oslo: Ellingsrud, Munkebekken , 59.928899°N 10.914365°E ± 60m, 8 June 2019, on Geum rivale , 9L, leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The white or reddish larvae develop on galled leaves of Geum spp. ( Rosaceae ). Infected leaves become somewhat creased or wrinkled, and the larvae live in the creases on the upper side of the leaf. Multivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

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

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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