Contarinia rubicola Kieffer, 1909

on Rubus

Rubus spec., Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Meerhout, de Hutten, 19.vi.2016 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: young larva

Contarinia rubicola: mature larva on Rubus fruticosus

Rubus fruticosus, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol, 9.vii.2015 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: mature larva

Contarinia rubicola: galling flower of Rubus fruticosus

Rubus fruticosus, Meijendel, 13.vi.2014: galled flower

larva © Hans Roskam

gall

The flowers remain closed and are malformed within the enlarged calyce; the anthers turn black. In the gall many yellowish white, jumping larvae. Infested flowers soon drop. Univoltine or bivoltine; pupation in the soil.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Rubus caesius, fruticosus.

larva

Contarinia rubicola: spatula

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

references

Barnes (1948b), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Grosscurt (2022b), Kieffer (1909a), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1910e), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 2021a: 229), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).