Macrodiplosis pustularis (Bremi, 1847)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 44-45

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

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scientific name

Macrodiplosis pustularis (Bremi, 1847)
status

 

Macrodiplosis pustularis (Bremi, 1847)

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Material: TEY, Nome: Ulefoss, Klovdal, 59.236580°N 9.378267°E ± 150m, 17 June 2019, L, leg GoogleMaps . SH, BOLD: NHMO- ENT-548101,548103,548104, coll. NHMO; VE, Larvik: Stavern, Rakke, 58.980422°N 10.033271°E ± 5m, 18 June 2021, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE & TS, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The larvae develop gregariously in leaf galls on Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae ). Our records are from Quercus robur . The leaf lobes are folded downwards and often miscolored yellowish green.

Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, 8–94 (2024)

The larvae are initially white, later dirty orange, and have green gut content. Univoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Widespread Palearctic, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

SH

Academia Sinica

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

TS

National University of Shandong

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Macrodiplosis

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