Dasineura salicifoliae

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Dasineura salicifoliae
Larva Dasineura salicifoliae in gall.jpg
Larva inside a gall
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Dasineura
Species:
D. salicifoliae
Binomial name
Dasineura salicifoliae
(Osten Sacken, 1866)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cecidomyia salicifoliae Osten Sacken, 1866
  • Rhabdophaga salicifolia Felt, 1907

Dasineura salicifoliae is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Cecidomyiidae family of insects

Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.

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Galls on meadowsweet

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dasineura salicifoliae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ↑ "Dasineura salicifoliae species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ↑ "Dasineura salicifoliae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Dasineura salicifoliae Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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