Kiefferia pericarpiicola

Kiefferia pericarpiicola
Contarinia nasturtii Gall on Daucus carota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Kiefferia
Species: K. pericarpiicola
Binomial name
Kiefferia pericarpiicola
(Bremi, 1847)

Kiefferia pericarpiicola is a species of fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2] The larvae gall Apiaceae.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4


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