Contarinia dipsacearum

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| image = Contarinia dipsacearum on Succisa pratensis.jpg

| image_caption = Larvae of Contarinia dipsacearum in a galled flowerhead of Succisa pratensis.

| genus = Contarinia

| species = dipsacearum

| authority = Rübsaamen, 1921

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Contarinia dipsacearum is a gall midge. The larvae develop in galled flowers of Succisa pratensis and Knautia arvensis.{{cite journal | last=Varga | first=Sandra | last2=Soulsbury | first2=Carl D. | last3=John | first3=Elizabeth A. | title=Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Knautia arvensis | journal=Journal of Ecology | volume=110 | issue=8 | date=2022 | issn=0022-0477 | doi=10.1111/1365-2745.13938 | doi-access=free | pages=1970–1992}} Larvae feed on flowers. They pupate in the soil.{{cite web | title=Contarinia dipsacearum | website=Plant Parasites of Europe | url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/cecidomyiidi/cecidomyiini/contarinia/contarinia-dipsacearum/ | access-date=19 March 2025}}