Contarinia nasturtii

TaxID: 265458

Basic Information

Contarinia nasturtii

swede midge, Gall Midge, Swede Midge

Contarinia nasturtii, the swede midge, is a small fly, the larvae of which infest brassica plants, causing twisting and distortion of the leaf stems and foliage including death of the growing point in seedlings, or damage to developing flower heads. It is native to Europe and Turkey, and has been introduced into North America where it is regarded as an invasive species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Cecidomyiidae

Contarinia

nasturtii

nan

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (1 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Brassicaceae Host

Quarantine Status (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Nepal Quarantine pests —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

17
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Finland Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_009176525.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_009176525.2 Scaffold 185 95 4652 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR31025193 whole females adult female 27402844 Canada:Saskatoon
SRR31025192 whole males adult male 43382379 Canada:Saskatoon
SRR31025191 whole males adult male 23836663 Canada:Saskatoon

DNA Barcodes (15 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TZOTB180-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2017-08-24 43.81915, -79.18643
TZBCA156-06 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 653 Canada 2006-08-03 -
TZBCA155-06 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 635 Canada 2006-08-03 -
SCAMP7134-24 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2024-07-17 52.079575, 0.18256599999999998
SCAMP6269-24 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2024-06-03 52.079575, 0.18256599999999998
OPPIE887-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-27 44.11563, -80.12777
OPPIE490-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-27 44.11563, -80.12777
OPPIE469-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-27 44.11563, -80.12777
OPPEE6567-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-26 44.63367, -80.69829
OPPEE3979-17 BOLD:AAI9372 COI-5P 658 Canada 2014-06-26 44.63367, -80.69829
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Literature