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.
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).