Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Contarinia rhamni

Contarinia rhamni Rübsaamen, 1892

on Frangula

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: male

Contarinia rhamni on Frangula alnus

Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: male

gall

The flower buds are swollen and remain closed. Larvae gregarious, jumping, sulphur yellow when mature. Pupation and hibernation in the ground; univoltine.

host plants

Rhamnaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Frangula alnus; Rhamnus pallasii.

inquilines

Dasineura frangulae.

references

Barnes (1951a), Bruun (2019a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a. 2021a: 111, 222), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2014a).

Last modified 4.iii.2023