Drisina glutinosa Giard, 1893

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 42

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scientific name	Drisina glutinosa Giard, 1893
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* Drisina glutinosa Giard, 1893 View in CoL ( Figure 19 View FIGURE 19 )

Material: AK, Oslo: Gressholmen , 59.883930°N 10.720102°E ± 50m, 1 July 2020, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO; Bleikøya , 59.888567°N 10.735658°E ± 5m, 3 July 2020, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE & TS, coll. NHMO; Lørenskog: Røykås, Mølla , 59.917868°N 10.917558°E ± 20m, 29 July 2021, L, leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO; 12 September 2021, L, leg . HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology and notes: The white to yellow larvae produce yellow blotch galls on the leaves of Acer spp. ( Sapindaceae ). Our records are from A. platanoides . Each larva hangs suspended in a drop of liquid in a shallow depression on the underside of the leaf. Univoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil. The species is redescribed in Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1986).

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway and Denmark.