Contarinia scutati Rübsaamen, 1910

on Rumex

Rumex scutatus, a normal and a galled fruit (from Rübsaamen, 1910e)

gall

The larva lives between the ovary and the tepals, that bend a bit outwards. Larvae jumping, white to reddish orange. Multivoltine, pupation in the soil..

hostplants

Polygonaceae, monophagous

Rumex acetosella, obtusifolius, scutatus.

larva

spatula (from Rübsaamen, 1910e)

inquilines

Dasineura rumiciola.

references

Buhr (1965a), Gagné (2010a), Harris (2003a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1910e), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a).