Dasineura investita | |
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Dasineura investita galls | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Dasineura |
Species: | D. investita |
Binomial name | |
Dasineura investita Plakidas, 2016 | |
Dasineura investita, the wood nettle gall midge, forms a gall that grows on the wood nettle plant Laportea canadensis It was described in 2016 and is caused by a midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. The galls form on the petiole, upper leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins, between leaf veins, flower, stem. They are oval globose 4-5 mm by 8-12 mm pale, red, white, to green translucent.There are two generations a year, the full grown larva from the autumn generation overwinters in the central chamber of the gall. The genus Dasineura is a vary large one with many gall forming species. [1]
References
- โ Plakidas, John D. (2016). "The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 27 (3โ4): 65โ176.
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