Contarinia jacobaeae (Loew, 1850)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 37-38

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

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scientific name

Contarinia jacobaeae (Loew, 1850)
status

 

* Contarinia jacobaeae (Loew, 1850) View in CoL

Material: BØ, Hole: Steinssletta,

60.101385°N 10.288779°E ± 25m, 8 August 2020, on Jacobaea vulgaris , L, leg. TS GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO.

Biology: The yellowish white or yellow larvae develop gregariously in capitula and stems of Jacobaea spp. and Senecio spp. ( Asteraceae ). Infected capitula or stem parts become somewhat swollen and/or distorted. Bi- or multivoltine. Pupation and hibernation in the soil.

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

TS

National University of Shandong

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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