Contarinia pruniflorum Coutin & Rambier, 1955

apricot flower midge

on Prunus

Prunus spinosa, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 13.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Prunus spinosa, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 11.v.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Prunus spinosa, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 13.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Prunus spinosa, Norway, Brønnøya, Sandbukta, 11.v.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva

gall

In the closed, weakly enlarged flower buds one or more jumping larvae. Univoltine. Pupation, in a ccoon, and hibernation in the ground.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Prunus armeniaca, domestica, mahaleb, spinosa.

larva

head and prosternum with spatula (from Coutin & Rambier, 1955a)

anal segment

spatula © Hans Roskam

anal segment

imago

wing (from Doğanlar ao, 2014a)

imago, male and female (from Coutin & Rambier, 1955a)

references

Buhr (1965a), Coutin & Rambier (1955a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Doğanlar, Yiğit, Aslan & Karakaş (2014a), Elven, Haarder, Sørlibråten, ao (2024a), Gagné (2010a), Kaplan (2014a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2016a, 2021a: 201), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Yi̇ği̇t & Tunaz (2025a).