Lasioptera rubi (Schrank, 1803)
raspberry gall midge
on Rubus
Rubus fruticosus, Flevoland, Reve-Abbertbos © Hans Jonkman
Rubus sp., Belgium, prov. Liège, Fraiture, Rivage © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Rubus caesius, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Arquennes, Bois d’Arpes © Jean-Yves Baugnée
opened gall
Rubus sp., Mierlo: opened gall with older larva © Arnold Grosscurt
Rubus idaeus, Haren, Glimmen © Arnold Grosscurt: one year old gall
same gall, opened with exuvia
gall
The, often one-sided, growing gall causes the bark to split lengthwise (contrary to the gall of Diastrophus rubi). Full grown larvae are orange-yellow; generally 6-11 in a gall. One generation per year; pupation and hibernation within the gall.
host plants
Rosceae, monophagous
Rubus caesius, canescens, gillotii, grabowskii, idaeus, nessensis, fruticosus, plicatus, praecox, ulmifolius.
larva
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
inquilines
references
Barnes (1948b), Béguinot (2001c, 2002a,e,g, 2006a,c, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2012a), Chireceanu, Chiriloaie, Teodoru & Sivu (2015a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dietrich (2016a), Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2004b, 2006a), Houard (1908a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (1891a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994a, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2009a, 2010a, 2012a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Yegorenkova & Yefremova (2016a).