[Strobilotia] carpophaga. Canada (British Columbia, Ontario), USA (Alaska, New York). Picea glauca (Pinaceae).
Phytophaga carpophaga Tripp 1955: 261. Canada: Ontario, Dunrobin; HT; ♂; CNCI.

A spruce seed midge, Mayetiola carpophaga (Tripp)

Damage: Each larva feeds in and destroys a single seed.

Host: White and possibly other spruces.

This new genus includes for now only Strobilotia carpophaga (Tripp 1955), new combination, whose larva lives in seeds of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss. (Pinaceae).

This new genus includes for now only Strobilotia carpophaga (Tripp 1955), new combination, whose larva lives in seeds of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss. (Pinaceae).

This new genus includes for now only Strobilotia carpophaga (Tripp 1955), new combination, whose larva lives in seeds of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss. (Pinaceae).

"Mayetiola" carpophaga

Seed deformed, discolored
Eggs are laid in spring on the developing cones
Ovules which swell to larger than normal size and grow irregularly

Host: Picea glauca

Distr: Ontario