Contarinia solani (Rübsaamen, 1892)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 40-41

* Contarinia solani (Rübsaamen, 1892)

Material: VE, Faerder: Hvasser, Jørestrand , 59.07151°N 10.45227°E ± 10m, 23 July 2019, L, leg. AF, coll. Private ; Mågerø , 59.15244°N 10.43216°E ± 10m, 3 August 2019, L, leg. AF, coll. Private ; Verdens Ende , 59.06008°N 10.40624°E ± 10m, 3 August 2019, L, leg. AF, coll. Private ; Sandø , 59.08044°N 10.46967°E ± 10m, 13 August 2019, L, leg. AF, coll. Private; AK , Oslo: Bleikøya , 59.888620°N 10.735053°E ± 13m, 3 July 2020, L, leg. TS & HE, BOLD : NHMO- ENT-548056,548057, coll. NHMO; Tøyen , 59.9199444°N 10.7692222°E ± 20m, 20 June 2019, L, leg. SH, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-548114, coll. NHMO; 59.914641°N 10.774688°E ± 5m, 21 June 2019, LMF, leg. HE , coll. NHMO; 24 June 2019, LMF, leg. HE , coll. NHMO; 59.914964°N 10.774080°E ± 5m, 1 August 2019, LMF, leg. HE, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-547987,548193, coll. NHMO; 59.915106°N 10.774177°E ± 100m, 8 August 2022, LMF, leg. HE , coll. NHMO; Nordtvet , 59.952070°N 10.873853°E ± 50m, 27 August 2019, LMF, leg. ØE & HE, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-548210, coll. NHMO; Lillestrøm: Lillestrøm, Åråsen , 59.965601°N 11.064892°E ± 6m, 22 June 2020, LMF, leg. TS, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-548245, coll. NHMO; Fetsund, Jushaugen , 59.907037°N 11.154126°E ± 10m, 19 July 2020, L, leg. TS , coll. NHMO; Jørholmen , 59.891109°N 11.162462°E ± 200m, 22 June 2020, L, leg. TS, BOLD : NHMO-ENT-548038, coll. NHMO; Eidsvoll: Hunnsebettet , 60.316040°N 11.241388°E ± 10m, 25 June 2022, L, leg. TS , coll. NHMO.

Biology: The white larvae develop gregariously in galled flowers of Solanum dulcamara ( Solanaceae ). Infected flowers are strongly swollen and disfigured and remain closed. Multivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

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