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Species Contarinia verrucicola - Linden Wart Gall Midge

midge galls on basswood - Contarinia verrucicola

galls on linden - Contarinia verrucicola

galls on Basswood - Contarinia verrucicola

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)

Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)

Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)

Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)

Supertribe Cecidomyiidi

Tribe Cecidomyiini

Genus Contarinia

Species verrucicola (Linden Wart Gall Midge)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cecidomyia verrucicola Osten Sacken, 1875

Range

Northeastern US. Although the galls can be found on European linden, they are not known to occur in Europe.

Remarks

Larvae develop in warty galls on leaves, twigs, and fruit of American and European lindens (Tilia spp.). Mature larvae exit galls (from the underside, if in leaves) and overwinter in the soil. Adults have not been reared. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2009 - 1:32am

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