Dasineura chinquapin

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Dasineura
Detachable: integral
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Texture: hairy
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Season: Fall
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Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
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Cecidomyia chinquapin

New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae
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Cecidomyia? chinquapin sp. nov.

Gall.--Consists of a small irregular swelling in the burr of chinquapin (Castania pumila). It contains a single larva which leaves the gall to pupate in the ground.

Habitat.--NC

The gall may be found during the latter part of September.

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- William Beutenmuller: (1907) New species of gall-producing cecidomyidaeŠ


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