Contarinia rhamni Rübsaamen, 1892
on Frangula
Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Frangula alnus, Norway, Risøya, 19.vi.2021 © Hallvard Elven: male
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
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).