Biology:Contarinia dipsacearum
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Short description: Species of fly
| Contarinia dipsacearum | |
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| Larvae of Contarinia dipsacearum in a galled flowerhead of Succisa pratensis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Contarinia |
| Species: | C. dipsacearum
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| Binomial name | |
| Contarinia dipsacearum Rübsaamen, 1921
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Contarinia dipsacearum is a gall midge. The larvae develop in galled flowers of Succisa pratensis and Knautia arvensis.[1] Larvae feed on flowers.[1] They pupate in the soil.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Varga, Sandra; Soulsbury, Carl D.; John, Elizabeth A. (2022). "Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Knautia arvensis". Journal of Ecology 110 (8): 1970–1992. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13938. ISSN 0022-0477.
- ↑ "Contarinia dipsacearum". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/cecidomyiidi/cecidomyiini/contarinia/contarinia-dipsacearum/.
Wikidata ☰ Q13618646 entry
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