Contarinia steini (Karsch, 1881)

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

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883566

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B134-FFA8-9F89-DCB8E40882D9

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Contarinia steini (Karsch, 1881)
status

 

Contarinia steini (Karsch, 1881) View in CoL

Material: VE, Faerder: Hvasser, Krukehavn, 59.076776°N 10.452109°E ± 250m, 15 June 2019, on Silene nutans, LI , leg. ZF & AK GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO; Larvik: Rakke, Fuglevikstranda, 58.979964°N 10.018505°E ± 5m, 24 July 2021, on Silene latifolia , L, leg. TS GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO

Biology and notes: The whitish to yellow larvae develop gregariously in galled flowers of Saponaria spp. and Silene spp. ( Caryophyllaceae ). To our knowledge, Silene nutans represents a new host plant for this species. Infected flowers become swollen and do not open. Bivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

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

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

TS

National University of Shandong

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Contarinia

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