Contarinia rubicola Kieffer, 1909

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 40

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

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scientific name

Contarinia rubicola Kieffer, 1909
status

 

* Contarinia rubicola Kieffer, 1909 View in CoL

Material: VE, Larvik: Rakke, 58.98364°N

10.01791°E ± 50m, 21 June 2019, on Rubus sp. , 5L, leg. AF, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-548122, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The yellowish white larvae develop gregariously in galled flowers of Rubus caesius and R. fruticosus ( Rosaceae ). Infected flowers become swollen and disfigured, and do not open properly. Uni- or bivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Known from several European countries including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. European part of Russia.

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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