Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Contarinia floriperda

Contarinia floriperda Rübsaamen, 1917

on Sorbus

Contarinia floriperda on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrudåsen, 3.vi.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia floriperda on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Brønnøya, Ostsundveien plot 41/185, 3.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia floriperda on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Bleiken, 12.vi.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia floriperda on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Brønnøya, Ostsundveien plot 41/185, 3.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia floriperda on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Skibotn, Okseneset, 6.vii.2019 © Hallvard Elven: male

Contarinia floriperda: gall on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Belgium, Bruxelles, Rouge-Cloître © Sébastien Carbonnelle

Contarinia floriperda: galled flower of Sorbus aucuparia

opened flower

Contarinia floriperda: larvae in Sorbus aucuparia 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

Dasineura aucupariae.

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).

Last modified 4.iii.2023