Biology:Contarinia zauschneriae
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Short description: North American gall-inducing insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Tribe: | Cecidomyiini |
| Genus: | Contarinia |
| Species: | C. zauschneriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Contarinia zauschneriae (Felt, 1912)
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| Synonyms | |
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Thecodiplosis zauschneriae | |
Contarinia zauschneriae, also known as the California fuchsia gall midge, is a species of gall midge that induces roselle-form bud galls on Epilobium canum, a flowering plant of western North America.[1][2] The galls are typically 25 millimeters high and about 15 millimeters around.[2] The coloration roughly mimics that of a stereotypical red rosebud, with red on the upper half where the petals would be and green-yellow at the base where the leaflets would be.[2] The type species was collected by Ephraim Felt in the Puente Hills, near Whittier, California, in 1910.[3]
References
- ↑ "Contarinia zauschneriae (California Fuchsia Gall Midge)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/495532-Contarinia-zauschneriae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 231. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
- ↑ "The Gall Midges of California". Bulletin of the California Insect Survey (University of California Press) 2 (2): 143. 1953. https://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis02_2.pdf. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13617425 entry
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