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]

Dasineura investita
Dasineura investita galls
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Dasineura
Species:
D. investita
Binomial name
Dasineura investita
Plakidas, 2016

References

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  1. ^ Plakidas, John D. (2016). "The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 27 (3–4): 65–176.
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