Contarinia anthobia (Löw, 1877)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 34

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16037992

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scientific name

Contarinia anthobia (Löw, 1877)
status

 

* Contarinia anthobia (Löw, 1877) View in CoL

Material: AK, Asker: Brønnøya, Sandbukta , 59.857474°N 10.529078°E ± 50m, 29 May 2019, on Crataegus monogyna , 4L, leg. HE, coll GoogleMaps . NHMO; Oslo: Bogerud , 59.875899°N 10.841138°E ± 5m, 3 June 2020, on Crataegus rhipidophylla , 3L, leg. HE, coll. NHMO GoogleMaps .

Biology: The white larvae live gregariously in the flower buds of Crataegus spp. ( Rosaceae ), which are swollen and remain closed. Univoltine; hibernation in the soil.

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

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Tribe

Cecidomyiini

Genus

Contarinia

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