Wood Nettle Gall Midge

Dasineura investita

"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.
Dasineura investita This is a picture of Dasineura investita at Watkins Regional Park in Prince George's County, Maryland. Dasineura investita,Geotagged,Spring,United States

Appearance

The galls form on the petiole, upper leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins, between leaf veins, flower, stem. They are oval globose 4-5 mm by 8-12 mm pale, red, white, to green translucent.There are two generations a year, the full grown larva from the autumn generation overwinters in the central chamber of the gall. The genus "Dasineura" is a vary large one with many gall forming species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyCecidomyiidae
GenusDasineura
SpeciesD. investita