Contarinia floriperda Rübsaamen, 1917
on Sorbus
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.
hostplants
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), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Wahlgren (1963b).