Contarinia sorbi Kieffer, 1896
on Sorbus
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrud, 19.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrud, 19.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrud, 19.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrud, 19.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Sorbus aucuparia, Norway, Ellingsrud, 19.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Sorbus aucuparia, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Overpelt, ‘t Plat, 26.v.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
spatula
anal papillae
another image
Sorbus aucuparia, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, de Vennen, 19.v.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: two white larvae
tip of the spatula
papillae
Sorbus aucuparia, Otterlo, 27.vi.2010 © Arnold Grosscurt
larva, taken out of the gall
gall
The leaflets are folded along their midrib, but are otherwise not obviously galled. The larvae are gregarious, jumping, white. Univoltine, pupation in the soil.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Sorbus aucuparia, torminalis.
synonyms
Diplosis sorbi author.
inquilines
Buhr mentions as an inquiline, Clinodiplosis sorbicola Rübssamen, 1917. This is one of the many synonyms of Contarinia cilicrus, a saprophagous species that can be found in all sorts of decaying plant material.
references
Barnes (1951a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1891a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 269), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Sylvén (1960a).