Contarinia hypochoeridis (Rübsaamen, 1891)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 37

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

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scientific name

Contarinia hypochoeridis (Rübsaamen, 1891)
status

 

* Contarinia hypochoeridis (Rübsaamen, 1891) View in CoL

Material: VE, Larvik: Mølen, 58.96799°N 9.85099°E ± 10m, 15 July 2020, on Hypochaeris radicata , L, leg. AF, coll. Private. GoogleMaps

Biology: The pale yellow larvae live freely in the capitula of Crepis biennis , Hypochaeris spp. and Leontodon crispus ( Asteraceae ). Infected capitula become somewhat malformed. Bivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Northern Europe including Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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