Dasineura affinis (Kieffer, 1886)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 57

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

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scientific name

Dasineura affinis (Kieffer, 1886)
status

 

* Dasineura affinis (Kieffer, 1886) View in CoL

Material: AK, Oslo: Sørkedalen, Finnerud , 60.031434°N 10.640012°E ± 20m, 10 August 2021, on Viola canina, LI , leg GoogleMaps . HE, coll. NHMO.

Biology: The white to orange larvae develop gregariously in galled leaves of Viola spp. ( Violaceae ). The margins on either or both sides of the leaf are rolled upwards and somewhat thickened, creating a space for the larvae. Multivoltine; pupation in the gall.

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

AK

Auckland War Memorial Museum

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Dasineura

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