Dasineura corticis

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Dasineura
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling, hidden cell
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Dasineura corticis

Host: Salix sp.

Salix
Swollen twigs
Internodal twig swelling without foreshortening the stem
Twig swelling tapered, woody, sometimes barely noticeable

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This species was reared in May from small cavities beneath bark. It may be an inquiline or a secondary feeder. The name “Cecidomyia” orbitalis Walsh might be applicable to this Dasineura.

Range: MA

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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