Dasineura praticola (Kieffer, 1892)

on Silene

wing (from Kieffer, 1892c)

gall

The flower buds are inflated and remain closed. They contain numerous larvae: white at first, later yellow, eventually red. Pupation in the ground. Probably univoltine.

host plants

Carylophyllaceae, monophagous

Silene atropurpurea, flos-cuculi, viscaria.

larva

spatula (from Kieffer, 1892c)

synonyms

Cecidomyia, Jaapiella, Perrisia, praticola.

references

Buhr (1964a, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a)m Kieffer (1892c), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2005b, 2010a, 2021a: 160, 264), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).