Contarinia tanaceti Rübsaamen, 1921
Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
on Tanacetum
gall
The flowerheads are weakly disfigured. Inside a number of orange-yellow larve live free among the achenes, that are severely stunted. Larvae able to jump. Univoltine or bivoltine, hibernation in the soil.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Tanacetum vulgare.
references
Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).
26/08/2015