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Pea midge

Contarinia pisi (Winnertz, 1854)

Status not recordedinsects

The pea midge (Contarinia pisi) is a species in the family Cecidomyiidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the pea midge

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pea midge live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pea midge as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Czechiainvasive
  2. Swedeninvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Slovenia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pea midge endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pea midge classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCecidomyiidae
  6. genusContarinia
  7. SpeciesContarinia pisi (Winnertz, 1854)

Synonyms Cecidomyia pisi, Contarinia pisicola

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • plodomorka hrachováCzech
  • ÆrtegalmygDanish
  • Cécidomyie du poisFrench
  • ErwtengalmugDutch
  • Галлица гороховаяRussian
  • plodomor hrachovýSlovak
  • ärtgallmyggaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pea midge

Other species in the same genus Contarinia.

Swede midge

Contarinia nasturtii

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

Pear midge

Contarinia pyrivora

CecidomyiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pea midge an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pea midge as invasive in 2 countries: Czechia and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the pea midge?

The pea midge (Contarinia pisi) belongs to the family Cecidomyiidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pea midge (Contarinia pisi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-midge

MLA

“Pea midge (Contarinia pisi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-midge.

BibTeX
@misc{pea_midge_2026,
  title = {Pea midge (Contarinia pisi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-midge},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}