Contarinia tritici

TaxID: 153223

Basic Information

Contarinia tritici

Almindelig hvedegalmyg, Wheat Yellow Blossom Midge, yellow wheat blossom midge

Contarinia (formerly Diplosis or Mayetiola) tritici is a small dipterous insect of the family of gall gnats. It depredates wheat, to which it is nearly as destructive as the famous and closely allied species, the Hessian fly. As is typical for agricultural pests, the species is known by a number of common names, including wheat fly, lemon wheat blossom midge, wheat blossom midge, wheat yellow blossom midge, yellow wheat blossom midge, and yellow wheat gall midge.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Cecidomyiidae

Contarinia

tritici

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Photos (5 photos)

Contarinia tritici
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(c) Maksymilian Bobko@BY
Contarinia tritici
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(c) Maksymilian Bobko@BY
Contarinia tritici
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(c) Maksymilian Bobko@BY
Contarinia tritici
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Contarinia tritici
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(c) Maksymilian Bobko@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (3 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Hordeum vulgare Host
Secale cereale Host
Triticum aestivum Host

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —

Distribution (32 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

31
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Finland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature