Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Contarinia desertorum

Contarinia desertorum Marikovskij, 1961

Diptera, Cecidomyiidae

on Alhagi

gall

Leaflets are folded pod-like, red and swollen; larvae white, gregarious. Two or three generations, pupation in the soil.

hostplants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Alhagi maurorum.

references

Gagné (2010a), Karimpour & Skuhravá (2012a), Mirumian (2011a), Skuhravá, Karimpour, Sadeghi ao (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a).

14/08/2015

Last modified 28.vi.2017