Dasineura salicifoliae

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Dasineura
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Globular midrib swelling

Galls are especially visible from below. This is the species responsible for the damage. Larvae are gregarious. When full grown they leave the gall through a dorsal longitudinal slit.
Hosts: S. betulifolia, S. latifolia, S. salicifolia, S. tomentosa
Distr: New England to Ontario and British Columbia to Oregon

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


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