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
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).