Cecidomyia magna (Möhn, 1955)
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.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Picea abies.
larva
spatula (from Nijveldt)
synonyms
Stelechodiplosis magna.
references
Gagné (1978a), Möhn (1955c), Nijveldt (1987a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).