Cecidomyia magna (Möhn, 1955)

Diptera, Cecidomyiidae

on Picea

gall

the orange-coloured larvae live immersed in a clump of resin, only the strongly enlarged rear spiracles protruding. Pupation and hibernation in a cocoon within the resin mass.

hostplants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Picea abies.

references

Gagné (1978a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).

11/10/2016