{"id":22450,"date":"2016-09-25T14:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T14:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/contarinia\/contarinia-molluginis\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:58:25","slug":"contarinia-molluginis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/diptera\/nematocera\/cecidomyiidae\/cecidomyiinae\/cecidomyiidi\/cecidomyiini\/contarinia\/contarinia-molluginis\/","title":{"rendered":"Contarinia molluginis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>Contarinia molluginis<\/em> (R\u00fcbsaamen, 1889)<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"vernacular-name\"><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2>on <em>Galium<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/5024_0.gif\" alt=\"Contarinia molluginis: gall on Galium boreale\" width=\"500\" height=\"620\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-675535\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\"><em>Galium boreale<\/em>, Norway, Vestfold, 14.v.2019 \u00a9 Arne Fjellberg; identification confirmed by Hans Henrik Bruun<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/5024_1.gif\" alt=\"Contarinia molluginis: gall on Galium boreale\" width=\"500\" height=\"506\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-675536\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">detail<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Contar-mollugg.jpg\" alt=\"Contarinia molluginis\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-967258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Contar-mollugg.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Contar-mollugg-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">wing (from R\u00fcbsaamen, 1890b)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/molluginis-vleugel.gif\" alt=\"Contarinia molliginis\" width=\"400\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-969732\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">wing (from Stelter, 1962a)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-gall\">gall<\/h3>\n<p>Terminal bud changed into a dense tuft of numerous shortened and broadened leaves. Larvae dirty yellow, gregarious, jumping. Uni- or bivoltine; pupation in the ground.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-hostplant\">host plants<\/h3>\n<p>Rubiaceae, monophagous<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"latinnames\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/galium\">Galium<\/a> boreale, mollugo.<\/p>\n<p><!--waardplanten--><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"topic\">larva<\/h3>\n<p><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/molluginis.jpg\" alt=\"Contarinia molluginis\" width=\"69\" height=\"124\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-968289\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">spatula (from R\u00fcbsaamen &#038; Hedicke, 1926a)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mollug-spatu.gif\" alt=\"Contarinia molliginis\" width=\"100\" height=\"219\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-969734\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"en-bijschrift\">spatula (from Stelter, 1962a)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-synonym\">synonyms<\/h3>\n<p><em>Diplosis molluginis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"head-references\">references<\/h3>\n<p class=\"references\">B\u00e9guinot (2012a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin &#038; Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1909a), M\u00e1ca (2012a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern &#038; Shirley (2011a), Roskam &#038; Carbonnelle (2015a), R\u00fcbsaamen (1889b, 1890b), \u00fcbsaamen &#038; Hedicke (1926a), Simova-To\u0161i\u0107, Skuhrav\u00e1 &#038; Skuhravy\u0301 (1996a, 2004a), Skuhrav\u00e1 &#038; Skuhrav\u00fd (1994a,b, 1999a,b, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 116), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd, Dauphin &#038; Coutin (2005a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd &#038; J\u00f8rgensen (2006a), Skuhrav\u00e1, Skuhrav\u00fd &#038; Meyer (2014a), Tomasi (2014a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contarinia molluginis (R\u00fcbsaamen, 1889) on Galium Galium boreale, Norway, Vestfold, 14.v.2019 \u00a9 Arne Fjellberg; identification confirmed by Hans Henrik Bruun detail wing (from R\u00fcbsaamen, 1890b) wing (from Stelter, 1962a) gall Terminal bud changed into a dense tuft of numerous shortened and broadened leaves. Larvae dirty yellow, gregarious, jumping. Uni- or bivoltine; pupation in the ground. 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