Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Cecidomyia sarae

Cecidomyia sarae Nijveldt, 1987

on Pinus

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

Pinus sylvestris, Hatertse vennen, 15.xi.2025 © Onno Bosma: tree with bark wound and resin flows

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

detail

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

cocoon

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

larva: cephalic skeleton

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

thoracic segment, ventral view

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

spatula

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

detail

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

papillae

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

anal segment. dorsal

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

anal stigmata

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

Pinus sylvestris, Zeist, Heidestein, 16.xi.2025 © Samuel van der Nat

Cecidomyia sarae on Pinus sylvestris

anal stigmata

parasite

Larvae in resin flows.

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Pinus sylvestris.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva

Cecidomyia sarae: spatula

spatula (from Nijveldt)

references

Nijveldt (1987a), Roskam & Carbonelle (2015a), Roskam (2019a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 188).

Last modified 18.xi.2025