BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)
Contarinia
(a genus of gall midges)
Contarinia rhamni
(a gall midge)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Contarinia rhamni (Rubsaamen) (a gall midge)

Suggested Literature

Contarinia rhamni may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)		 CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Contarinia rhamni is associated with:

larva Frangula alnus - Alder Buckthorn, Black Dogwood (Rhamnaceae) larva causes gall of flower bud Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
larva Rhamnus cathartica - Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnaceae) larva causes gall of flower bud Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Associated with Contarinia rhamni:

Contarinia rhamni may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)		 CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

References

Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls