Rhopalomyia millefolii (Löw, 1850)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 82

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Rhopalomyia millefolii (Löw, 1850)
status

 

* Rhopalomyia millefolii (Löw, 1850) View in CoL

Material: VE, Larvik: Stavern, Doktorodden, 58.98835°N 10.03401°E ± 50m, 14 October 2019, on Achillea millefolium , 5L, leg. AF, BOLD GoogleMaps : NHMO-ENT-548154, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The yellow larvae develop singly in small, bud-like galls on the stems, leaves and capitula of Achillea spp. ( Asteraceae ). Multivoltine. Pupation and hibernation in the gall.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Georgia, Egypt and India.

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Rhopalomyia

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