Contarinia lonicerearum (Löw, 1877)

on Lonicera, Viburnum

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Branderud, 8.vi.2020 © Hallvard Elven: female

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Brønnøya, Viernveien plot 41/261, 29.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Brønnøya, Viernveien plot 41/261, 29.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Brønnøya, Viernveien plot 41/261, 29.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Brønnøya, Viernveien plot 41/261, 29.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Lonicera xylosteum, Norway, Brønnøya, Viernveien plot 41/261, 29.v.2019 © Hallvard Elven: male

Lonicera xylosteum, Belgium, prov. Luxemburg, Torgny © Jean-Yves Baugnée

detail

gall

Larvae in the closed and somewhat enlarged flower buds. The larvae are gregarious, off-yellow; they can jump.

host plants

Adoxaceae, Caprifoliaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Lonicera alpigena, caerulea, caucasica subsp. orientalis, chrysantha, nigra, xylosteum, tatarica; Viburnum lantana, opulus.

larva

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Diplosis lonicerearum. See C. sambuci.

notes

During some period this species was understood as a synonym of C. sambuci; it was reinstated by Skuhravá in 2009. Also because of this confusion, it is not clear whether lonicerearum does occur on Viburnum as well.
The description of the gall by Roskam & Carbonnelle does not relate to lonicerearum (cf Skuhravá 2009a).

references

Barnes (1948a,b), Beguinot (2002a,e, 2003b), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Gagné (2010a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1909a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1895c), Schliesske (2002a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá (2009a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 2010a, 2021a: 157), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2003a).