Contarinia coryli (Kaltenbach, 1859)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 35-36

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

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scientific name

Contarinia coryli (Kaltenbach, 1859)
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* Contarinia coryli (Kaltenbach, 1859) View in CoL

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Material: AK, Oslo: Ellingsrudåsen , 59.936046°N 10.918250°E ± 20m, 25 October 2019, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548018, coll. NHMO; Ellingsrud , 59.931476°N 10.910720°E ± 20m, 6 September 2020, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO; 59.935982°N 10.918300°E ± 30m, 10 September 2020, LMF, leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The white larvae develop in the autumn in male catkins of Corylus spp.

( Betulaceae ). Our records are all from Corylus avellana . Infected catkins become swollen and disfigured, and the scales turn brown at their bases. Univoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Widespread Palearctic, 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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