{"id":22446,"date":"2017-01-29T07:20:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T07:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/contarinia\/contarinia-medicaginis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:21:12","slug":"contarinia-medicaginis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/cecidomyiinae\/cecidomyiidi\/cecidomyiini\/contarinia\/contarinia-medicaginis\/","title":{"rendered":"Contarinia medicaginis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contarinia medicaginis<\/em> Kieffer, 1895<\/h1>\n

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on Medicago<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\n\"Contarinia
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Medicago sativa<\/em>, Hungary, Darn\u00f3zseli, 1.vii.2015 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek<\/p>\n


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\n\"Contarinia
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two galled flowers<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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Medicago sativa<\/em>, Hungary, Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r, 17.viii.2019 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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larvae in opened gall<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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larva, ventral view<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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Medicago sativa<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Namur, Pondrome, 15.viii.2006 \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e<\/p>\n

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\n\"Contarinia
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Medicago sativa<\/em>, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol, 22.viii.2015 \u00a9 Carina Van Steenwinkel<\/p>\n

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\n\"Contarinia
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larvae<\/p>\n

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gall<\/h3>\n

Larvae gregarious, white when young, yellow later, two or more generations per year. Pupation in the soil.<\/p>\n


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host plants<\/h3>\n

Fabaceae, monophagous<\/p>\n

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Medicago<\/a> arabica, falcata, sativa & subsp. varia.<\/p>\n

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pupa<\/h3>\n


\n\"Contarinia
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pupa (from Solinas, 1965a)<\/p>\n

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larva<\/h3>\n


\n\"Contarinia
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sptulaa with sternal papillae; below the anal segment, dorsal<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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spatula with papillae (from M\u00f6hn, 1955a)<\/p>\n

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\"Cpntarinia
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spatula \u00a9 Hans Roskam<\/p>\n

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\"Cpntarinia
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anal segment<\/p>\n

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imago<\/h3>\n

\"Contarinia
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make (from Solinas, 1965a)<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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female<\/p>\n

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\"Contarinia
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wing<\/p>\n

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notes<\/h3>\n

In the more southern and eastern parts of Europe a serious pest on lucerne.<\/p>\n

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references<\/h3>\n

Barnes (1946b), B\u00e9guinot (2002d), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Fedotova, Nakhibasheva, Mukhtarova & Gasangadzhieva (2022a), Fl\u00fcgel (2016a), Grosscurt (2022b), Hansson & Shevtsova (2012a), Houard (1909a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (1896e), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), M\u00f6hn (1955a), Nijveldt (1954a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), R\u00fcbsaamen & Hedicke (1926a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107, Skuhrav\u00e1 & Skuhrav\u00fd (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107, Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhravy\u0301 & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhrav\u00e1 & Skuhrav\u00fd (1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2005b,c, 2007a, 2009a,b, 2010a, 2021a: 163), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Buhr (2013a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Don\u010dev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & J\u00f8rgensen (2006a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Meyer (2014a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhravy\u0301, Skrzypczy\u0144ska & Szadziewski (2008a), Solinas (1965a), St\u0103nescu (2009a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contarinia medicaginis Kieffer, 1895 on Medicago Medicago sativa, Hungary, Darn\u00f3zseli, 1.vii.2015 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek two galled flowers Medicago sativa, Hungary, Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r, 17.viii.2019 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek larvae in opened gall larva, ventral view Medicago sativa, Belgium, prov. Namur, Pondrome, 15.viii.2006 \u00a9 Jean-Yves Baugn\u00e9e Medicago sativa, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol, 22.viii.2015 \u00a9 Carina Van Steenwinkel larvae gall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22371,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parasite-species.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-parasite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22446\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}