Wachtliella persicariae (Linnaeus, 1767)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 83-84

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

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scientific name

Wachtliella persicariae (Linnaeus, 1767)
status

 

* Wachtliella persicariae (Linnaeus, 1767) View in CoL

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Material: VE, Larvik: Fuglevikstranda, 58.98032°N 10.01810°E ± 50m, 9 August 2019, LP GoogleMaps , leg. AF, BOLD: NHMO-ENT-548134, coll. NHMO; Stavern, Rakke, 58.980284°N 10.017766°E ± 50m, 24 July 2021, LPMF GoogleMaps , leg. HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The white to orange larvae develop in

galled leaves of Bistorta spp. and Persicaria spp. ( Polygonaceae ), rarely also on other members of the family. Our records are from P. amphibia . The infected leaves are rolled downwards and often strongly twisted and miscolored red. Multivoltine; pupation in the gall in a white cocoon.

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

LP

Laboratory of Palaeontology

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Wachtliella

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