Contarinia ribis Kieffer, 1909
on Ribes

Ribes uva-crispa, Germany, Nordhessen, Niederbeisheim © Hans-Joachim Flügel
gall
The flowers are galled, the calyx is strongly swollen. Inside usually several shining yellow larvae that can jump. End of April the galls are vacated and follows pupation in the soil. The spatula of the larva is yellow with a hyaline stem; the lobes are subtriangular, somewhat wider than long, separated by a wide concave incision.
host plants
Grossulariaceae, narrowly monophagous
Ribes uva-crispa.
references
Barnes (1940a, 1948b), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Gagné (2010a), de Meijere (1911b), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).