Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Contarinia lilii

Contarinia lilii Kieffer, 1909

on Lilium

gall

the flower buds are disfigured and remain closed; they are not abnormally hairy. Inside several yellowish larvae that can jump. Pupation in the soil.

hostplants

Liliaceaea, (narrowly?) monophagous

Lilium martagon.

references

Barnes (1948a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1909a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2009a, 2010a, 2021a: 155), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).

Last modified 26.ix.2021