Wood Nettle Gall Midge

Dasineura investita

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Wood Nettle Gall Midge

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