Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer, 1888)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16038073
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B10B-FF96-9FA8-D8E7E54780B9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer, 1888)
status

Treatment

Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer, 1888) View in CoL

Material: VE, Larvik: Gurvika, 58.96483°N 9.86307°E ± 50m, 18 August 2019, Galled flowers of Raphanus raphanistrum , L, leg. AF, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548139, coll. NHMO GoogleMaps .

Biology: The yellow larvae develop on a wide range of Brassicaceae . They develop gregariously either in the flower buds, which become strongly swollen and remain unopened, or in the terminal shoots, which then become swollen and shortened. Multivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil. The species is considered an economically significant pest.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Asia and Northern Africa. Introduced to the Nearctic.