Dasineura epilobii (F. Löw, 1889)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 59-60

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B126-FFBD-9F89-DE27E50681F6

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Felipe

scientific name

Dasineura epilobii (F. Löw, 1889)
status

 

Dasineura epilobii (F. Löw, 1889) View in CoL

( Figure 36 View FIGURE 36 )

Material: Ø, Indre Østfold: Berg , 59.556066°N 11.232754°E ± 6m, 6 August 2021, L, leg. TS GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO; AK GoogleMaps , Lillestrøm: Branderud, Kongsrudveien 4, 59.983797°N 11.145042°E ± 3m, 4 July 2020, LMF, leg. TS GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO; Nannestad: Aurmoen , W of Flatnertjernet, 60.241261°N 11.105473°E ± 5m, 7 July 2020, LMF, leg. TS, HE & ØE GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO.

Biology: The pale orange-red larvae develop gregariously in galled flower buds of

Chamaenerion angustifolium and Epilobium spp. ( Onagraceae ). Our records are from Chamaenerion angustifolium . Infected flowers become strongly swollen and misshapen, and do not open. Bivoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

TS

National University of Shandong

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Dasineura

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