Dasineura h-discolor-swollen-vein-fold

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Dasineura
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Swollen leaf vein fold

Folds are elongate, 5-10 mm long. Only a slit shows on the upper side of the leaf; on the bottom side the galls are convex and yellowish. Full-grown larvae escape through the slit on the upper side.

Host: H. discolor.
Distr: Oregon

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


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