Dasineura aparines (Kieffer, 1889)
on Galium
Galium aparine, Loenen (Ge), 8.vii.2022 © Arnold Grosscurt
Galium aparine, Empe © Arnold Grosscurt
section through the gall, with gall chamber
group of larvae
Galium aparine, Bergen op Zoom
Galium aparine, Belgium, prov. West Flanders, De Westhoek: larva © Stéphane Claerebout
Galium aparine, Loenen (Ge) © Arnold Grosscurt: not alway the galling affects the tip of the shoot.
another image
gall
gall large, untidy. Larva solitary; Buhr and Roskam describe the colour as pale sulphur yellow, Redfern & Shirley as white, yellow-cream or pale orange. Univoltine, pupation in the ground.
host plants
Rubiaceae, narrowly monophagous
Galium aparine, spurium.
synonyms
Perrisia aparines.
inquilines
references
Béguinot (2001c, 2002e, 2003a, 2006a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a, 2004a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994b, 1997b, 1999a, 2006a, 2008a, 2009b, 2010a, 2021a: 115), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Ebejer (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2014a).