Contarinia floriperda Rübsaamen, 1917
on Sorbus
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrudåsen, 3.vi.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Brønnøya, Ostsundveien plot 41/185, 3.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Bleiken, 12.vi.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Brønnøya, Ostsundveien plot 41/185, 3.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Skibotn, Okseneset, 6.vii.2019 © Hallvard Elven: male
Sorbus aucuparia, Belgium, Bruxelles, Rouge-Cloître © Sébastien Carbonnelle
opened flower
Sorbus aucuparia, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, Griesbroek © Carina Van Steenwinkel
gall
The flower buds are slightly swollen and do not open. Larvae gregarious, yellowish white, jumping. Univoltine, pupation in the soil.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Sorbus aria, aucuparia, intermedia, torminalis.
inquilines
references
Barnes (1951a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1917a), Seidel (1957a), Skuhravá (2009a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2009d, 2010a,b, 2021a: 269), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Wahlgren (1963b).